Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.

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 just don't think there's a lot of support for the woman's voice in cinema, and it becomes really difficult to raise that money and start again every time.

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual; everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced by his effort.

Look At The Clock When You Are Sitting idle. But Never Look At The Clock When You Are Working.

Gather up your pity and turn it to ambition.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue

...approach change with an understanding of the process and an openness to the pain.

The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.

Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.

I guess every time I go to Miami, it's pretty first-time for me, so I have to go with Miami as my hot spot.

I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.