Some crave grief like strong drink.

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.

I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer.

Men should strive to think much and know little.

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

We haven't yet got eyes that can gaze into all the splendour that God has created, but we shall get them one day; and that will be the finest fairy tale of all, for we shall be in it ourselves.

One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.

Certain artists have a role to echo the echoes of the people and that's what I'll be doing on my next album.

I would have been content with any job however thankless, in any quarter however remote, if I had a chance of making a corner of the desert blossom and the solitary place glad.

You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

When music appears which only King Crimson can play, then, sooner or later, King Crimson appears to play the music.

Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. "I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.