If everything had a label, we would live in a fully delineated but false world.

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.

It wasn’t a normal joy, it was a bitter joy, but somehow the bitterness made the joy even more wonderful.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me 'You're not going to be a DJ.'

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

If you took me to Coachella for our first date, it would probably be a done deal. It would be a sure thing.

Scholars are wont to sell their birthright for a mess of learning.

In the corporate community the key word is respect. In the corporate community you don't get a relationship until they respect you first.

You are the only thinker in your world and your thought is creative. Whatever you think about the other person, you are also creating in your life.

The initial spark usually has something to do with panic -- I'm due to turn in a story to a workshop or an editor. It's a terrible working method.

The mind may wander, but let not the senses wander with it. If the senses wander where the mind takes them, one is done for.