Anyone who feels like a fool has made a good beginning.

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.

He doesn't blame people for many sins, but he does hate uncoordination, the root of all evil, as he feels it, for without coordination there can be no order, no connecting.

Hate is bait for the devil, love is the gate to god

I am not warm. That is why my sister chose the name Winter for me.

Time is an illusion. Time only exists when we think about the past and the future. Time doesn't exist in the present here and now.

They are all alike you know. They hold their tongues for years and you think you're safe, but when the opportunity comes they remember everything.

I will not cut benefits. I want to enhance benefits for low-income workers and for women who have been disadvantaged by the current Social Security system.

One of the most important leadership lessons is realizing you're not the most important or the most intelligent person in the room at all times.

I was very afraid to write a novel - it was a dream for a very long time, and it was one of the few things that I was afraid to try.

Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.

I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.