When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.

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.

Audition requires different neurological processes than vision, or smell. And I would suggest that we hear more than we see while we are reading.

My love was Bob Dylan, but as I got older I realized a good ballad was a good ballad.

I will continue to stay very focused on the economy.

Nature has no Laws — only habits.

We know in whom we believe, and that, so long as we trust God utterly, all must come right.

The dead don't bear a grudge nor seek a blessing. The dead don't rest uneasy. Only the living.

You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.

In my opening seconds, I would say, "It's great to be here," then move to several other spots on the stage and say, "No, it's great to be here!" I would move again: "No, it's great to be here!

I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.

In the dream world of Matisse and the gritty reality of American frontier, the diversity of women in our society offers the chance for greater exploration and even greater inspiration.