My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.

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.

Feelings are murky, contrived and confusing. And the worst thing about them is no matter how hard you try, you can never sort them. They tangle more and more with thinking.

The air moved slowly around his body, somehow tangible, gold flaked, every dust mote a lantern.

Just because yet unable to comprehend the real form of the edge, doesn't mean that this universe is infinite.

Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded pro

Paste is a great music lover's resource. I tend to agree with their album reviews and find their interviews a bit more intriguing than those of other music magazines.

I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic.

I don't get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.

When we get to the future, I'll decide the future.

I'm a bit of a chicken when it comes to seeing potentially horrifying things on the Internet.

My beautiful, my own My only Venice-this is breath! Thy breeze Thine Adrian sea-breeze, how it fans my face! Thy very winds feel native to my veins, And cool them into calmness!