My love grows wide and shallow in an effort to spread my losses.

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.

I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.

Falling in love is the most beautiful wonder.

You've got to know what your magic is. How else will you fully share your gifts with others and enrich the world for these precious years that you live?

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

There are some people I've met and it's stressful just speaking to them, because they're really pretentious and I don't know how to talk to them without being pretentious back.

Your dragons are the frightened parts of your personality, and you alone can experience and heal them.

I'm not in love. I'm not out of love. I'm just trying to find some version of the truth.

I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.

I never rule anything out. I'm an entertainer. Be it presenting, singing, acting, I just do things I love.

I'm the rebel totally going against the grain. I always want to do the extreme. I want to get as many people looking as possible.