What I eat turns into my body. What I read turns into my mind.

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.

Freedom is within.Only God can give it to you.

Whatever people in general do not understand they are always prepared to dislike the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.

This is for all ill-treated fellows Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they're in trouble And I am not.

There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to learn. There's nobody at any point in their career who is the finished article.

A good leader remains focused. Controlling your destination is better than being controlled by it

Cry when you get a Golden Globe. Then you can get an Oscar nomination.

People also don't care about the daily comings and goings of diplomats and yet we must report it.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

In the practice of Yoga one can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless.