Telescopes and binoculars endanger the ever-distant sublime.

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 am a memory house for those I have lost, those I no longer know.

I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me - I would go so far as to say that it's my favourite leisure activity.

My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun

Power comes with a price. It's a burden. It demands sacrifice.

There are very few heroines in literature who have defined their lives morally rather than romantically and likewise but a handful in film.

Uncover what you long for and you will discover who you are.

I am interested in climate change and other topics too. But this thing is so huge, in the worst case we are talking about the end of our civilization.

Because there was nothing more terrifying to me, more excruciating, than the thought of turning away from him. it was an impossibility.