In love, self-love is always at risk.

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.

Your fear remains strong. You are not ready to face your story, preferring instead to surround yourself with knots. Someday, they will strangle you.

If it takes you more time to clean your makeup than to watch a movie… you already have a problem.

Hatred is like a dam waiting to burst, and when it does, it is more devastating than what you had originally intended.

What he [Barack Obama] does to change the world - that's what's important.

I'm not about to put up a silly skit and preach a 15-minute message on 'how to cope' to a multitude of people who are dying and going to hell. I tremble at the thought.

I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.

I have been drunk now for over two weeks.

I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

As far as DSA is concerned, I'm perfectly happy to be associated with it while disagreeing with a large part of the leadership.