Nobody knows the trouble I've seen: even less, the trouble I've successfully avoided.

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.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.

All the drawing lacks is the final touch: To add eyes to the dragon

You play a certain way for so long, and change is good. So I look forward to change, and I look forward to playing with the proper talent that we were able to put together.

The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go where the job takes me.

Make linking to the rest an essential part of what you do best.

Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.

People come to see the players. Nobody ever bought a ticket to see a manager.

If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.