Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.

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.

Of all the things I wish for her, above all, I want her to know and love the sea.

Do you think it's really the Boogeyman that killed Brent? You think it's back?""I sincerely hope not.""When you say things like that, I start to cry a little on the inside.

Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens.

I've decided as an actor the only, the power I have really is in the performance. It's the only real place I get to sort of communicate.

Poor fool! in whose petty estimation all things are little.

Priorities Are Like Arms; If You Think You Have More Than A Couple, You’re Either Lying Or Crazy.

That's the irony in the work: the best stories are the worst things that happen. My best times were somebody else's worst.

If the day ever comes when they know who They are, they may know better where they are.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Courage means going against majority opinion in the name of the truth.