Bethyl Ann has vomited words like she ate the dictionary.

I died on a bitter cold night. Beneath a black sky and a bruised winter moon, I tried to fly, hoping my arms might act as wings.

Mama says it’s just her nature. Some people are flowers, and some are thorns.

For Aristotle, it's not enough simply to act in accordance with the reason once in a while. We must cultivate habits of virtue that develop into a firmly established moral character over a lifetime.

Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right and forget about the ones who do not.

One take, so you better be ready and you better be good. One take and that was it. It was something that was spontaneous. Both Sid Caesar and Jackie Gleason was like that as well.

But he who truly loves books loves all books alike, and not only this, but it grieves him that all other men do not share with him this noble passion. Verily, this is the most unselfish of loves!

Agitation is all about poetry, governance is all about prose.

The common stock of intellectual enjoyment should not be difficult of access because of the economic position of him who would approach it.

Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker.

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work without getting paid. But quality will find its way out.

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues