Laughter scares off lust.

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.

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.

In times of your need, you will know those who really love you.

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.

I'm a really good hacker, but I'm not a sensible person.

I know a lot about Jewish comedians.

The most important problem for our world to solve is the inequality of men and women.

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

You can fall in love and make love many times but there is only one bullet with your name etched on the side. And if you are lucky enough to be shot with that bullet then the wound never heals.

I wanted stores that would feel like a comfortable room in my apartment, cozy and colorful and different.