I always want to look unattractive, it's more fun. I like playing opposites, people who aren't attractive who think they are pretty. That's always interesting to me.

Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great.

Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend.

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.

I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.

I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.

I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.

although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.

I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.

Don't answer the door in a wedding dress and veil, he might not think you're joking.

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

It's because we have little faith that we look within instead of without.

Good leaders sacrifice for others to survive

I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference.

What's most interesting about some books is the question: How did this crap ever get published?

I have nothing to lose. My personal casualty means nothing.

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

You will find angling to be like the virtue of humanity, which has a calmness of spirit and a world of blessing attending upon it.

Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.

You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

Lose who may-I still can say, Those who win heaven, blest are they!