Like a frog, the aphorist waits for something to fly by that he can catch with his tongue.

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.

Nobody can give you happiness than yourself.

Do you know what the difference is between Friendship and Love? Friendship is the photograph, Love is the oil painting.

Don't expect life to serve you what you expect. Just enjoy the buffet.

Live life, love life.

The whole trouble is that we won't let God help us.

I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going anywhere. I don't publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least.

A snake bite emergency kit is a body bag.

The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you.

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

Where the statue stood Of Newton, with his prism and silent face, The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.