I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

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.

There's a book of poetryin the lines of my handsthat no one wants to read

What an almighty balls-up. Who snorts a wasp? No sane person snorts a live wasp. It’s like putting your hand up a tiger’s arse. - Egg

Goodbyes are sad, but they are temporary, because as hellos ends with goodbyes, so will goodbyes start with hellos.

A skeptic as to all ideas, including especially my own, I have never suffered a pang when the ideas of some other imbecile prevailed.

we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

God resides in every human form, indeed in every particle of His creations, in everything that is on his earth.

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen.