I have forgiven you. Nevertheless, begone!

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.

The only way to smile at harvest time is to appreciate the invisible fruits in the visible seed. Hungry people are not those who have no seed. They are those who kill seeds!

She had the habit of making up virtuous qualities in a man to support her attraction.

There is something more important than logic: imagination

Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.

Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty.

I'd gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and it helped me with a lot of the stuff I was going through.

I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public.

I have a great amount of respect for the audience. They know narrative construct. They know all the tropes.

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.

I'm sad that there no more mysterious places in the world.