Intuition is often mistaken, but not altogether.

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.

We own the country we grow up in, or we are aliens and invaders.

Can somebody please explain how humans can be so inhumane?

My poor life This shawl Frayed on strongboxes full of gold I roll along with Dream And smoke And the only flame in the universe

My guitar only has five strings 'cause the top one broke and I decided not to put it back on: when I play chords I only play bar chords, and the top one always used to cut me there.

Did God make man in a breath of holy fire, or did he crawl on up out of the muck and mire?

Success is causing the world around you to aspire to your inspiration.

My writing is nothing, my boxing is everything.

In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.

The value of travel is not just the travel but what the travel makes of you.

Seems like there's always someone who disapproves. They'll judge it like they know about me and you.