Jokes are unanswerable objections.

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.

Inside, my soul is curled tightly bearing the burden of massive sins from another life. And my eyes look far at the hell around me... a sharp grin tugs at the corner of my lips.

One mood can be replaced by another, but it is impossible to leave attunement altogether. However, profound boredom brings us as close to a state of un-attunement as we can come.

In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

A mentor, a 'teacher, ' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

People will keep the TV on even if a show is on that they hate - because, unfortunately, they've been programmed to do that.

It's my manifest destiny to wear a skirt in all countries.

The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.

Intuition is a method of feeling one's way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it.

You might be a redneck if you consider your license plate personalized because your dad made it in prison.

All my knowledge comes from research.