By patting somebody on the back, a boy or a girl, a professional dancer, male, female, it really makes people feel good and I know it certainly made me feel good.

Peter Wagner, my son, just won the Bel-Air Junior Club Championship. Parred the last three holes. One-putts, up and down. Us Wagners don't hit greens. We chip and putt.

We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.

My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what.

I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.

My parents weren't extremely successful financially, but they were happy people. They gave me confidence.

My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.

An entire nation shook under the power of one man’s [MLK’s] dream! Now if one dream can do that for our nation, imagine what a dream can do for the Church.

A salary is a tax employers pay, every four weeks, for putting an employee’s dream on hold.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

The feeling of being an outsider, and the identity theme, are hardwired into me. If there's anything really autobiographical in my fiction, it's that feeling. I always feel that way.

Your marriage moves toward a state of isolation. Unless you lovingly and energetically nurture your marriage, you will begin to drift away from your mate.

There was something missing In my foundation Why blame the poor walls?

I have always believed in standing up for what I believe in and I believe that everyone deserves the right to love whoever they love no matter who they are.

In the face of the economic plight, it is our task to become pioneers of simplicity, that is, to find a simple form for all of life's necessities, which is at the same time respectable and genuine.

There are some power-abusing, corrupt monsters in our federal government that despise me because I have the audacity to speak the truth.