Title deeds generally outlast poems.

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.

Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever.

In the pursuit of your dreams, you are your greatest assetand doubt is your greatest liability.

If you resolve to give up smoking drinking and loving you don't actually live longer it just seems longer.

There is no problem so big it cannot be run away from.

Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing.

A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

There are books that I read years ago that enlivened things in me that haven't died yet.

There are few things stressed more strongly in the Bible than the reality of God's work as Judge.

Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes.

In the theatre, you are in love with what is on the stage, with the moment. You just don't get that with movies or videos, or TV, where you know that what you are seeing is repeatable.