Growing up in Mississippi, I was such a farmer, and it's not desirable to bring attention to yourself. That's my nature, and all of a sudden, I'm in show business.

Any manual labor I've done was purely by mistake.

I looked at Micah, who shrugged. I looked at Rafael, who shook his head. Nice that none of us knew why he was undressing.

The journey from the head to the hand is perilous and lined with bodies. It is the road on which nearly everyone who wants to write—and many of the people who do write—get lost.

When the vision becomes right [correct], one sees only his own faults and when the vision is wrong [incorrect], he sees others at fault.

There's an ad for every vice. That's advice.

Historical revisionists find what they set out to find.

The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

I am an audiophile. It's almost like a virus. I'm completely crazy about the quality of sound. It's interesting and painful at the same time; you have to really spend a lot of money on the equipment.

You are victors, not victims!

Anytime you test for a TV show, you have that bit of squeamishness entering into it because they lock you in for a number years.