And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

We buy books because we believe we're buying the time to read them.

I saw a Werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand

All I can say is what I've always said: If you break your leg, stop thinking about dancing and start decorating the cast.

Enjoy every sandwich.

I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in.

They say love conquers all You can't start it like a car You can't stop it with a gun.

If you won't leave me, I'll find someone who will.

There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

I wrote my songs despite the fact that I was a drunk, not because of it.

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20%.

Being lost in Australia gives you a lovely feeling of security.

Our partner's sexuality does not belong to us. It isn't just for and about us, and we should not assume that it rightfully falls within our jurisdiction.

When I think about what fiction does morally, I'm happier thinking of a person full of multiplicities - sort of fragmented.

The universal basis of co-operation is the proportioning of benefits received to services rendered.

There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves.

Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

For with God nothing will be impossible.

I am not moved by what I see. I am moved only by what I believe.

I don't use my body to seduce, no. I just stand there.