Smooth white skin invites something that will leave a trace, a kiss or a slap.

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.

Egos clash. That's the nature of egos.Treat these outbursts as sneezing fits.

Habit may lead us to belief and expectation but not to the knowledge, and still less to the understanding, of lawful relations.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

I like it that in many ways we are all the same.

Restaurants are a wonderful escape for me. And are for a lot of people.

I'm an artist, and the need to get inside myself and be creative and be other people is a part of who I am. I don't imagine I'll abandon that completely.

Just because some of us make a mistake in love once doesn't mean we're doomed to repeat it.

For me, the most important thing is that I feel comfortable with the actor that I'm working with and I'm able to talk to them.

I've learned to not care. There are always going to be ridiculous rumours.

I love those who can smile in trouble.