Sleaze is a point by point refutation of elegance.

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.

Words have power, and when you speak you give them life. Speak into the atmosphere. Speak into existence what you believe, desire, dream, and hope.

Much of modern life is based upon a false logic, a logic that assumes that happiness and well-being come from financial prosperity.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story

The journey has been a parody of my life recently: rushing, waiting, wandering, feeling lost and losing sleep, wondering if I'm getting anywhere.

I've been married three times - and each time I married the right person.

Today is my anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. Please pray for me and all priests.

When companies try to guess what consumers want, they essentially make the choice for consumers.

Which was what love was: unmotivated respect.

Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect