Sweet smiles soften judgment. Sweet haunches unseat it.

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.

You might say that you've finally earned the wisdom.Actually, it's the wisdom that has found and formed you.

I do not want India to be an economic superpower. I want India to be a happy country.

Tears don’t make you a girl, but they sure make you human.

Always focus on accomplishments rather than activities.

Smart writers never understand why their satires on our town are never successful. What they refuse to accept is that you can't satirize a satire.

I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek.

The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.

If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.

If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?