If your nose is up in the air, you cannot see where you are going.

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.

Hug your customers but also offer handshake to your competitors.

Science literacy is being plugged into the forces that power the universe. There is no excuse for thinking that the Sun, which is a million times the size of Earth, orbits Earth.

An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.

President Obama was the first president not to abide by the limits in the general election.

The great chasm between the thing I say, and the thing I would say, would be quite dispiriting to me, in spite even of such kindnesses as yours, if the desire did not master the despondency.

A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.

Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.

The Billy Carter of the British monarchy.

To me, more importantly, I want to make films that I believe in, that I find value in that I think folks will like.