It's no good being exclusive if nobody wants in.

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.

Pritchard tutted. "Justice? Justice is even more problematic than truth. It's an emergent property of a very complicated system.

You can only access the beautiful world through faith by truthfully embracing beauty and caring.

My dad passed away before my freshman year, and it altered how I thought. I was depressed - I didn't hang out with my friends. I worked through it by dancing.

It's always more comforting to know that in any given corner of any room or any location you're on, you can make a photograph that you'll appreciate.

I'm at my best when I'm exhausted and under pressure.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

It is decidedly not true that 'nice guys finish last'.

What breaks in daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out light?

So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It's over; it's on the record.

A British villain never loses their sense of humour.