To an artist a metaphor is as real as a dollar.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence.

My guilt is an ocean for me to drown in.

Sarcasm is one of the many services I offer to people who ask stupid questions!

There’s never enough time for all the naps you want.

The fact that beauty is at one and the same time without cost and above price, robs it of the curse of possessiveness.

What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?

You're here, and the only dance I want is this one.

My advice to aspriring models is less is more, try not to do crazy hair and makeup, keep it simple but beautiful when you're trying to find an agency and get started.

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.