Transcendence is something between a metaphor and a miracle.

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.

God is not worried about what you have but about who has you.

The face he showed in Jesus is really his true and single face.

The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.

I feel like I'm always being challenged by my voice acting roles, for multiple different reasons. I still get nervous every time I book a gig.

Always choose attitude over experience. Always.

Everybody is afraid they won't have any money after they die, but Jack Benny discovered a way to take it with him. He had his appendix taken out and a piggy bank put in.

There is nothing truer than physiognomy, taken in connection with manner.

The spirit was willing but the flesh was weak.

It is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.

Life is a blend of laughter and tears, a combination of rain and sunshine.