I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.

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.

It’s important that you keep asking God to show you what He wants you to do. If you don’t ask, you won’t know.

Most of the time we think we're sick it's all in the mind.

Birds sing after a storm why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?

Right now, I have some big dreams. But at the same time, if I get annoyed and harassed by the media, I'll just quit. I don't care. We're set for life. I have quite a temper.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

Mere form without substance must collapse of its own weight.

I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence.

I keep one simple rule that I only move in one direction - I write the book straight through from beginning to end. By following time's arrow I keep myself sane.

A loving relationship is a wanting to celebrate, communicate, and know another's heart and soul.

Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.