New York loves itself in an unkind and fanatical way.

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.

If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad.

Mythology is like gravity, inconvenient at times, but necessary for cohesion.

Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.

If God is One, and if there can be no other God, there can be no idea of God.

We are advocates of the abolition of war, we do not want war; but war can only be abolished through war.

The problem is not liberal politicians, its evangelical preachers.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place

The selection rules are the same for everybody. I am trying to make a comeback just like some other players who got dropped after the Pakistan tour. I hope my time will come.

We are developing all sorts of technologies based on what we have learnt from birds, animals and soils. Pollination is worth £billions. But it also highlights how nature is so interconnected.