Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.

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.

God’s grace is strong enough to hold me steady through every difficulty.

Without memory, they were lost. And nobody wanted someone they loved to be lost.

We always have reason to rejoice and never have reason to complain.

If he had to spend the evening with madwomen, he would prefer at least one of them be willing to let him grope her.

Let go of this world and take hold of God with both hands.

When I sing I don't feel like it's me. I feel I am fabulous, like I'm 10 feet tall. I am the greatest. I am the strongest. I am Samson. I'm whoever I want to be.

There is nothing more powerful as attitude.

I've lived in New York when I've had nothing, and I've lived in New York when I had money, and New York changes radically depending on how much money you have. It's the texture of life.

The Smiths are never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to reunite - ever.

Every victory accomplished with weapons is a funeral that should be mourned.