Vicarious living is only slightly less impossible than vicarious eating.

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.

...Unsettling emotions are capable of messing up the most beautiful minds in this world.

There is a pivotal point in every interaction between humans which sets the course in their relationship. Do you hide or do you shine? Which way are you going to go? Hide or shine?

The only thing that would keep me from winning the election is to be caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy

The mind of the Buddha is perfect because it is empty and yet it contains all things.

You guys have so much energy. I threw a party in Toronto and there were, like, 4,000 people who couldn't get in.

And I love the idea of spending the whole day in bed with my lover.

When we bring the filmmaker, we bring somebody to help us elevate the material with those things, to help us do something different with all of those resources at their disposal.

Of course I believe in aliens. I think it's very egocentric to think that there's nothing else with intelligence in the whole universe.

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.

Children learn through gentle direction and persuasive teaching.