The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar.

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.

Morale and attitude are fundamentals to success.

You do care, you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it all.

We cannot conceive death as anything else than the afterlife because we cannot comprehend death unless we live.

Dream your dream. Follow your heart. Imagine. Listen to the wind. Drink sunsets. Be free. Let the wonder never cease. Believe. Wish on EVERY star. Create adventure. Be kind.

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.

I've got a passion for solving a problem that I think I can solve in a new way. And that maybe it helps that nobody has done it before as well.

The spirit world wants us to know there's more to this life.

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.