Cheap thrill: moral outrage revels in its own innocence and in the guilt of the wicked Others.

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.

We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins.

There is often in people to whom "the worst" has happened an almost transcendent freedom for they have faced "the worst" and survived it.

Our entire life ... consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.

Whenever I meet someone new, I always ask the same question... 'So, what do you do?

Dakota Fanning is my favorite actress.

Engagement is the good life. What could be more exciting than getting involved in something that you care about and joining with others and seeing something change? What could be more thrilling?

We re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one's got to stop muddling.

With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.

It is certain that not one drop of rain falls without God's sure command.