Rule of criticism: only attend to the shape, and the purpose will manifest itself.

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.

Bravo, " said Grimalkin, peering down from Cold Tom's chest. "The Winter prince and Oberon's jester agreeing on something. The world must be ending.

Failure is information encased in a shell of pain.

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

It's more of the older people in my family.

For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.

Governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting.

stick at it like a benni addict

No-one has held back. They have put some definition around the numbers and now we have to wait for the reality.

The world has corrected the Bible. The church never corrects it; and also never fails to drop in at the tail of the procession-and take the credit of the correction.

You don't know for sure why things happen, but you know, it did! It was my time to go on the show and I'm excited to see what my future holds.