Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?

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.

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.

Well, I'm also like 23 and playing 16. So maybe when I'm 30 I'll be playing characters in their early 20s. I don't know.

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.

We must dare, and dare again, and go on daring.

The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.

If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.

I'm going to start water skiing someday...as soon as I can separate it from being dragged by a boat.

Relationships are the core of our existence because they are the core of God's and we are in His image.

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.