Alcohol postpones anxiety, then multiplies 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.

When I think of normality I think of mediocrity

Christ said there is a happiness in that acknowledgement of spiritual poverty which lets God come into our souls.

The more grateful we feel, the more things we receive to feel grateful for. The more loved we feel, the more love we receive. The more beautiful we feel, the more attractive we become.

You find true joy and happiness in life when you give and give and go on giving and never count the cost.

Enthusiasm is the great hill-climber.

I live in Santa Cruz. I moved here in 1974 and couldn't leave.

I began to realize that when you are at peace with your Maker you can, if not ignore human criticism, at least rise above it.

In general, I have some precise ideas about everything, because the film is completed in my head before we ever start shooting. With casting, I am always present, even for the smallest character.

I was always pretty funny with my friends.

But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.