Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.

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.

...but the tenure of friendships has never been governed by the passage of time.

Well, everyone likes movies when they're a little kid.

Women deserve the same permanent rights and explicit protections given men in the Constitution.

If someone is so fearful that, that they're going to start using their weapons to protect their rights, it makes me very nervous that these people have these weapons at all!

The balance of power in a society accompanies the balance of property in land.

Attitude is your thought life turned inside out

I think there has always been an obsession with youth and beauty. What's missing is the equal obsession with respect for…older people…and their wisdom and knowledge and courage.

I've always wanted to be a professional golfer and I'm glad that came true.

You don't know how much you've grown- until trouble comes back for an encore.

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it