Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion 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.

(the whole world is at thethroat of the world, everybody feels angry, short-changed, cheated, everybody is despondent, disillusioned.)I welcomed shots of peace, tattered shards ofhappiness.

Begin to learn.

I don't know where I am- somewhere between heaven and hell, a place of utter terror and endless confusion.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline simulated fear postulates courage simulated weakness postulates strength.

Three cheers for war, noble and beautiful above all.

There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.

If our bodies are sick, we seek to heal them. We do not give up. The same thing should be true of our marriages.

Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering.

I'm trying to do the kind of projects that I want to see in the theatre.