To make advice agreeable, try paradox or rhyme.

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.

Take God at His Word – because winning the battle doesn't requirephysical brawn, but spiritual brains!

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

My hobbies are run-on sentences.

The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward.

We now have so many regulations that everyone is guilty of some violation.

To me, is the way to make the most impact - let the actions speak louder than the words.

There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.

I simply can´t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.

In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself.

I've always been a fan and supporter of Prince. That's one of my inspirations.