The hero used to be the one in white. Now he is harder to spot.

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.

God works in mysterious ways but at least he works, he's never on welfare in a mysterious way.

My parents were supportive of my creativity but did not have a lot of patience for whimsy with zero production value. They had stuff to do.

I haven't devoured a soul in...What month is this? March?

I am truly independently owned and operated.

Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.

It's the most fun I've had with my clothes on.

Without false modetsy, I don't think I have a fraction of the talent of either Bevan of Foot.

The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop.

History does include aspects of directionality, and the present range of causes and phenomena does not exhaust the realm of past possibilities.

I love challenging myself, doing different things and exploring different areas that I haven't been to or gone to before. That's what I love about acting, and that's what I love about film.