Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.

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.

Hope is a delicate thing. A dangerous thing.

Do not cry over the past mistakes. Laugh over the events in time. Make things right now.

Writing novels is not an illness that need be recovered from. It is my work

Publicity does not come easily, profits do not come easily, and knowledge does not come easily.

A chuckle a day may not keep the doctor away but it sure does make those times in life's waiting room a little more bearable.

I'd imagine a great date would be to go skiing. Imagine going skiing. Go ski with someone, if they can ski.

You can only understand the present age when it is past.

He who is attached to things will suffer much.

I've learned not to look a gift horse in the mouth. Why you would want to look any horse the mouth considering how infrequently they brush is beyond me.

The body is not hidden from the soul, nor is the soul hidden from the body, and yet the soul is not for everyone to see.