Treat unhappiness as a defect and fewer would embrace it.

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.

Squeeze this amazing human experience for all its nourishing juices. Take action towards the life you see for yourself. Don’t just look to the sky and beg for it

Wolves are the witches of the animal world.

I would not mind being a bit evil, for the larger good.

The fact of the matter is that the most unexpected and miraculous thing in my life was the arrival in it of poetry itself - as a vocation and an elevation almost.

Since you are the one who has to live with your choices, be sure they are your own.

It would never occur to me to judge anyone.

If life were like a competitive race, some people would be given a flying start and others would line up with weights tied to their ankles.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

Business is full of pain and hardship and with that, laughter and release.

Peace means loyalty to self. ... And loyalty to one's self means never a gap between thought, speech, act.