Methodology gives those with no ideas something to do.

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.

There is at least one truth in every myth.

You can't buy love but you can pay heavily for it.

I used to send away for eight-minute Super 8 movies of various Ray Harryhausen scenes advertised on the back of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' magazine.

My wife gets all the money I make. I just get an apple and clean clothes every morning.

'The Comeback' is my favorite TV show of all-time because it's just brill. It's Lisa Kudrow's show about what it's like to be an actor on a TV show. She's so amazing on it.

Men only act in a state of necessity and usually only recognise necessity in a situation of crisis.

Set your target and keep trying until you reach it.

He was one of the many toads you have to go through to find the prince.

Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature.

Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?