We take refuge in illness and then are trapped there.

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.

Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone.

Despite the modern equipment we sell, it's old money that funds it, and old money doesn't always have a modern brain attached to it.

They always act this way: push those who are falling.

Virtual representation is so absurd as to not deserve an answer. I therefore pass it over with contempt.

I am what everybody in my past don't want me to be

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.

A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless.

Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.

Thank you Rob for the honor you have brought to our city with this oustanding composition.