Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.

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.

Be yourself. Don't worry about what other people are thinking of you, because they're probably feeling the same kind of scared, horrible feelings that everyone does.

Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

Life is nether food nor drink. But the faith of a dance dream.

Ego speaks from a place of pride.Judgement comes from a place of pain.Courage speaks from a place of humility.Correction comes from a place of love.Where are you operating from?

Tell Khan Drogo that he has given me the wind.

Give your life the gift of unconditional happiness. You are too special to be anything but happy. You truly deserve it, and it is absolutely free.

A gentleman is never in a hurry.

Revenge is for the weak so I have settled my vendettas with all of the kids who made my early life a living hell.

From the child of five to myself is but a step. But from the newborn baby to the child of five is an appalling distance.

Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.