Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

When women can cherish the vulnerability of men as much as men can exult in the strength of women, a new breed could lift a ruinous yoke from both.

the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.

Infants are interesting only to their parents.

Is there no end to this escalation of desire?

A man at his desk in a room with a closed door is a man at work. A woman at a desk in any room is available.

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.