The haiku lets meaning float; the aphorism pins it down.

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.

The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new grand pianos. He left a considerable estate when he died.

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.

Let’s never forget that whatever brilliant ideas you have or hear, that the opposite may also be true.

Newspaper : A device unable to distinguish between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation.

When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece

The '70's came and went already

Climate change is a reality.

Racism is wrong, racism is very dangerous.

Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.

You musn’t be afraid of the dark.’ ‘I’m not,’ said Shadow. ‘I’m afraid of the people in the dark.