Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.

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.

Nourish yourself so you can feed others.

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.

On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.

If we dealt only with the false and dishonest, we should at last forget how to speak truth.

I found I was having continually to please the sort of people I'd always hated when I was a child. This began to bring me back to reality.

The best way to know what's in the soup, is to boil yourself in it.

It's time to realize that one cannot combat one injustice by invoking and using another injustice

Don’t cry for me, Grace. I’m not worth it. (Julian) Yes you are! (Grace) You are my saving Grace. Without you, I would never have known love. And I would never have known me again. (Julian)

Four years ago in speaking of a Jewish nation one ran the risk of being regarded ridiculous. Today he makes himself ridiculous who denies the existence of a Jewish nation.

I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.