The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.

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.

Manipulation is not of God, it is the highest form of sorcery for it enslave the soul to the will of man.....

You can actually recreate your world with the Word of the Creator in your mouth.

We need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job.

Hate and anger and disappointment and rage can be channeled in music into the most positive place.

It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.

Most people do not believe in anything very much and our greatest poetry is given to us by those who do.

The TV season is a year-long thing now, and the networks are starting to look at it that way, thanks to cable, satellites, and competition.

Peace is always possible but we have to seek it. Let us pray for peace.

Dead fish don't swim around in jealous tides.

Love is a powerful painkiller.