The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.

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.

If the choice is between two evils, it is still evil,

You can't see the world from somebody else's point of view and not be changed.

Slogans seem to be dead

We proved we could be safe and secure at home, and still have more allies and friends in the world.

Passionate living is the soul of success.

I was at work but my soul wasn't there, my body was there but I wasn't connecting to what I was doing. Eventually I decided to get out of there and do something I believe in.

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art.

I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a weird way, that's how I first learned the American accent: doing American rap songs.

Each morning I gaze at the eastern horizon, and if the sun keeps its promise, I keep mine.