Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.

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.

Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.

Today can be better than the worse of yesterdays, but tomorrow can never replace the best of yesterdays.

No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own.

I am not afraid of a fight I have to do my duty come what may.

What you are will show in what you do.

At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend. The bullet was a copper jacket 22 long rifle. My friend was standing about fifteen feet from me.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.

If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.

Beauty is very much in the mind of the beholder.

Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes.