Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.

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.

Some things you cannot stop happening.

Drag your thoughts awayfrom your troubles...by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.

It's not an accident that, while bookstores are all in a tizzy, one of the more lively and alive sections is the so-called "graphic novel" section, because those are harder to replace.

True prayer is the trading of the heart with God.

I try not to be overly analytical.

What's that sound I hear? It's just my lifetime It's whistling past my ear

Communicate. Listen to your customers, associates and competitors.

Went to church but don't understand it, they underhanded. God gave me these commandments, the world is scandalous.