Worry is not thought; complaining is not action.

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 quickest way to experiencing the peace inside, is to learn to recognize when I am not at peace.

We sing because we can't speak anymore. Dance is an extension of that - we dance because we can't speak anymore.

Humans were always surprising me.

It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

No one's mouth is big enough to utter the whole thing.

Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.

Duly Enlightened Gandhi's head by Mall of the 'Free Press Journal,' Bombay, in 1932Watches may disagree, but let us not.

A city's greatness is manifest in a people confident in their ability to take risks, to encounter

Hillary Clinton is a dead fish when it comes to being entertaining and alive. Without a prompter and a written script, she's nothing.

I lost my wife Barbara to cancer few years ago. I would give whatever time I have left to spend one more day with her.