Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

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.

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.

Once a month, for one evening, we are free to wear our natural skins. We are on the outside as we are internally.

Be patient and wait for due harvest.

Even when the truth is in fact simple, simplicity is still relative.

The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.

I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.

There are times for inner changes. Be ready for the choice!

Man's ability to delude himself is infinite.

I know I have to stop. We all have to stop. Funny how knowing something's a bad idea doesn't make a difference.