People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.

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.

After many paths and many years, perhaps many lifetimes, we become aware of the sacredness of our suffering.

Those who believe everything they read probably should refrain from reading.

You're worse than decent. You're virtuous.

So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

I got a bright future ahead of me.

Land [is] the only thing God ain't making no more of.

I'm pretty easy going, I think.

If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.

All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing.

Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.