Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.

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.

You are never too old to have an active imagination.

Some Churches are heated and cooled 365 days a year. As homeless soldiers lay in alleys and bushes quite near.

Who's crazy: people who trust other people, or people who don't?

If you can read this, then you have enough to be thankful for, because if you are still alive, you surely have a shot at making your dreams come true.

I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller.

Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.

When I look back, I can see why people thought I was aggressive. My first single, 'Do It Like A Dude,' resulted in a lot of misconceptions about me. I'm confident - but I'm not arrogant.

Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a defence of true democracy?

We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become.

But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.