And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.

Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.

Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity.

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.

I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot.

I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was tremendous.

We do not fear death.We fear not having lived enough.

Fear, ignorance, and hatred - these are the trinity of malice.

Some people feed you with love.

A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.

I did have a feeling then that the culture of factuality was so dominating that storytelling had lost all its authority.

He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness.

The essential feature of statistics is a prudent and systematic ignoring of details.

I am very proud of my father and what he's accomplished. It is amazing.

Important benefits often accrue to states that behave in an unexpected way.

Hell is having no option but the wrong one.