I seldom remember my father, but I sneeze and rub my nose the way he did. I also love my son with grief and anger, as he did.

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.

My medication must be wearing off I'm starting to think my jokes are funny.

People think our music's very aggressive or angry or whatever, and it's just the opposite, really... I like laughing. And I like being really calm before a show, and smiley.

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.

Until we realize that our money power is our sovereign power we cannot act as sovereigns

The best physician is he who can distinguish the possible from the impossible.

There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, the purify, and thus they bless.

If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child.

At one time I was so much involved in the religious bullshit that I used to go around calling myself a Christian Communist, but as Janov says, religion is legalised madness.

Coming upon a space that sounds unique and incredible is just the best feeling.

I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.