When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

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.

some winterswill never meltsome summerswill never freezeand some things will only... live in poems.

The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living.

I love America. It's such a positive country.

Set your goals, follow your dreams, listen to your heart and don't let anything stand in your way.

It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.

I think TV remotes should have a button that allows you to kill the person on the screen.

You can get fired from any job at any time.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

If one calls upon Him repeatedly, He becomes compassionate; and so a devoted attachment comes into being. This love for love's sake should be hidden from all eyes.

Ive always seen myself as sort of this funky, eclectic artist.