Not even self-love can always be counted on for support.

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 love to decorate and redecorate. Now it's called interior design, but the term decorating is fine with me.

Basically you want as many people as possible to see your movie.

I try to put the same spirit into that that I put into any other music endeavor I'm involved in.

There's no point in success if you don't let it go to your head. That's what it's for.

He wore sweatpants and a T-shirt and had stopped in the middle of the hall, furiously scratching one bare forearm. "Fleas?" I said.

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

In terms of scope, and in terms of sheer number of characters, we went beyond our limits long ago.

Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows.

There is the tendency to place ourselves and our ambitions at the center of our lives. This is very human, but it is not Christian.

What if someone picks on me?" I asked Then I'll pick on them". What if someone picks my nose?" I asked. The I'll pick your nose, too" Rowdy said.