With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.

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.

Many believe creativity is mystery, and I always knew that my body is the key.

The focus of gap analysis should be getting to the other side. If you bend-over to analyze a gap too long, you'll probably fall into it.

The stories we are destined to tell find us.

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

You have to attack to get corners, no? Winning by scoring strategic goals doesn't bother me - it's part of the game.

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense...but when foreign aid is carefully guided and targeted at a specific issue, it can and must be effective.

A child who is happy on his pony's back has something which will be to him a glorious memory that the years cannot dim.

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

While Trump keeps the spotlight on himself, the "respectable" Republican establishment chips away at government programs that benefit the general population.

And sometimes I think there isn’t anything to us but our mistakes.