If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.

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.

You can't start the change unless dare to be different.

Because it is less structured than work leisure time leaves workaholics at a loss for what to do. Workaholics practically climb the wall when they can't work.

Hard to guess what people see in each other, fortunately for the continued existence of the human race.

Shitty nappy whizzing through the air, you don't see that in the brochures.

The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest.

Professional men, they have no cares; whatever happens, they get theirs.

I do want to do the entire alphabet. There's in [Walker's Alphabet] a poem called "A Life" in that grouping. I was going to change that title to "A."

It’s the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: the history of how you felt.

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!