The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

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.

To the stars who listen – and the dreams that are answered.

In her final years she would still recall the trip that, with the perverse lucidity of nostalgia, became more and more recent in her memory.

a lesson must be livedin order to be learnedand the clarity to see and stop this nowthat is what i've earned

Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?

They did not want anything to do with me in Paris and they were right: they have gone much further than I, but I will work and I too will progress.

To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised - they don’t see you behind closed doors.

The fundamental challenge of achieving anything you wish is first to convince yourself to do it. Once you are totally convinced of its value, you'll find a way to get it done.

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun.

I don't really have that much control over where I play. I put out parameters and I accept what I can. If it's really low, or I had a bad experience at a place then I usually don't play there again.

And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.