To Jane Austen, every fool is a treasure trove.

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.

Authors must spend months, years making fantasy believable in a single work while reality runs rampant and complete chaos elsewhere.

Even if doors are open to the fool, he/she will still be foolish in accessing them.

Eyes are wonderful! Revelation is more wonderful! Eyes deceive you

Remember son many a good story has been ruined by over-verification.

We're not that much smarter than we used to be, even though we have much more information - and that means the real skill now is learning how to pick out the useful information from all this noise.

You know, usually with movies there are periods, dark areas, where I might not be getting what I wanted out of a theme. I'll have to go over and over it again.

Gurus Enable you to see new things. The trouble with Gurus is that you can rarely see beyond them.

Midterm elections can be dreadfully boring, unfortunately.

The Devil may take the reckless, but the good will surely die of boredom. Boredom and frustration.

We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either.