Symbolism erects a facade of respectability to hide the indecency of dreams.

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.

When we believe in ourselves, everything becomes easy and possible.

By giving away with kindness, you get it back with greatness.

Assistant coaches become a little bit more buddies to the players than a head coach.

I get to cry to Barbara Walters, when things don't go my way. I'll get community service no matter which laws I break.

Have the willingness to go into the roots of your worst fear until you feel the essence of what you are, your pure potential, the foundation of what you really are.

You know what I should do?" Hoshino asked excited. "Of course," the cat said. "What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs.

Years were passing through the spaces between moments.

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

Have character, but don't be a character.

Like all right-listening folk, I am an implacable enemy of all muzak.