Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.

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.

Measure your life not by its longevity but by the differences you have made with your creativity and beauty.

Loyalty is a characteristic trait. Those who has it, gives it free of charge.

And within the house ashes are being stuffed into my marriage, fury is lapping the walls, dishes crack on the shelves, a strangler needs my throat, the daughter has ceased to eat anything.

Nervous alarms should always be communicated, that they may be dissipated.

We are sick of war, we don't want to fight, And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead.

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

Pause and remember - You deserve peace! So, don't feel bad for one moment about walking away from people, jobs, and situations that keep you from having peace of mind.

I'm an Elvis fan because it was Elvis who really got me out of Liverpool.

Revisionism is a healthy historiographical process, and no one, not even revisionists, should be exempt from it.

Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it.