Take up something that you know will never bring you any returns except pleasure-in other words, allow yourself to live the way brilliant eighteenth century courtesans lived. Don't be afraid of having a decorative life, even if all the decorations come from you.

Falling in love with another man is like falling into a vast vat of yourself. For some men this is ultimately nourishing, for others . . . it is drowning.

Get out of your house in the middle of a rainstorm, get soaked in it, and then strip down-to nothing but a smile.

There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up.

Although some fools find rudeness sexy, it is never the path to seduction.

Fashion is the art of making the unimportant indispensable.

Have hot, wild sex with a friend. Then go out and do something stupid, like bowl, afterwards.