Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.

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.

Wherever I travel to, I encounter great souls.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' Yeah, well, whoever wrote that was a friggin' idiot.

There's probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life.

With the fall of the empire, Art, Philosophy and decent drains all vanished from the West.

I'm not going to play politics on the floor of the House of Commons.

A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

It's the whole Nietzche philosophy of you are your own God. That's why I debase myself in the concerts and tell people to spit on me. I'm saying to them 'You are no different from me'.

Your happy songs bring to me the scent of Heaven. Please keep singing!