Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.

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.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.... Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.

My influences were mostly gospel. So I was playing my twisted Jewish equivalent of gospel music over his twisted equivalent of rock and roll music. And it was a very excellent marriage.

Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, but learn to love what you have.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.

Finally, it occurs to me that the biggest problem with our elections is that however you vote, you wind up electing a politician.

Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.

Art isn't supposed to change the world, but it can.

Religion is an illusion and every illusion has the inevitable destiny of a soap bubble!

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.

A girl must marry for love, and keep on marrying until she finds it.