For joy, apparently, it was all Franny could do to hold the phone, even with both hands.

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.

One day a long time from now you'll cease to care anymore whom you please or what anybody has to say about you. That's when you'll finally produce the work you're capable of.

Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.

I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

You cannot break me. My spirit is stronger.

Well, actually it carried Cadmus. Europa fell off and died along the way, but that's not important.'It was probably important to her.

Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered

Who doth right deeds Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.

I went every Sunday to church when I was growing up, and I think that music had an affect on me before my memory can recall.

If you get hung up on everybody else's hang-ups, then the whole world's going to be nothing more than one huge gallows.

At a certain point, if you chase two rabbits, you lose them both.

I don't want to kick people in the face with my music, I'm just vibing. It's a very cool vibe.

Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.