I am interested in a hundred things, but only slightly.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

Do not worry about your needs. God knows your every need.

In every town we lived in, there was one great big door ready to open for anyone — the library. And I never met a library I didn’t like.

I always take credit for my acts of cruelty. To do otherwise is cowardice.

The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media.

Any game where a man 60 can beat a man 30 ain't no game.

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.

All good writing is built one good line at a time. You build a novel the same way you do a pyramid. One word, one stone at a time, underneath a full moon while the fingers bleed.

Mind's requirements and expectations cannot be fulfilled. Existence has no obligation to fulfill mind's requirements and demands. You have to accept existence as it is.

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.

There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.