The aphorist is a hit and run artist.

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.

It pierced the heart...and there was blood all around...soaking his hands in it, he tried wiping her tears...

Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person .

Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy.

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

I mean, I'm in the business of storytelling, not message making.

I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?

That's one of the benefits of working with a smaller network like IFC. You're awarded more trust, but trust that I really earned.

We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly.

Camp life is demanding, and even the simplest daily routine becomes a chore in a climate with 90 per cent humidity, not to mention the bugs.

I was not allowed to date wrestlers, or anyone else in the company, across the board.