Young men preen. Old men scheme.

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.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.

Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.

I have never expected anything from my work but the satisfaction I could get from it by the very fact of painting and saying what I couldn't say otherwise.

Well, I was going to school in Germany. And in my free time I was dancing.

The reality is that whatever you are looking for is, at the same time, looking for you. It all starts with believing before seeing.

If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very differently. It depends on the music.

The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.

I'd always wanted to do something about the Second World War, but I didn't want to do another combat film, whether it was air, land, or sea.

Reaching out to rescue one another under ANY condition is an eternal measure of love.