The time I kill is killing me.

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's easy to cry when you realize that everyone you love will reject you or die.

My fascination with history is as much about the present as it is about the past.

I breathe just to be near you...

I think the greatest threat to the privacy of Americans is the drone, and the use of the drone and the very few regulations that are on it today.

Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.

My first job was for a blue jean company as a sitting model. I posed for 15 minutes and made $50. It was 1976.

Yes, I have a lot of business interests. But I don't work for just anyone, and I choose the companies very carefully.

Time is truly the great enemy. It's not the great healer, it's the great stealer.

We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.