Nothing goes sour more easily than the life of pleasure.

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.

Isn't it funny the way some combinations of words can give you--almost apart from their meaning--a thrill like music?

Love is the secret you unmask yourself to find; it is the foundation of the spiritual life, the destination where all roads of the journey lead.

I thought Marilyn Monroe was the most beautiful woman in the world and Elizabeth Taylor breathtaking. But when I see myself on the screen I say: 'Oh shoot! What are they talking about?'

Japan is, you often feel, an improved version of the United States.

I think that the older I get and the more comfortable I get with myself, the more I realize that art is about relinquishing control of your emotions and being vulnerable and innocent.

Some birdies were about a family with hardships. Other days, birdie was a selfless teacher. And birdie from before is my first love.

You’re probably smarter than you present yourself.

I'm a fan of people that have quality, that do what they do and that are not into the showbiz.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

When you guys are sleeping at night, I am out there working.