I began to understand that all Texas is an eternal synthesis of past and present, superimposed one upon the other. It produces a feeling of being in two places at once.

You can't keep a squirrel on the ground.

I feel so small I could sit on a dime an' my legs wouldn't even hang over.

Oughta be a law everybody has to take a trip every two years just to make 'em realize how good home is.

I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.

At least I had frost on my nose, boots on my feet, and protest in my mouth.

It's as if we think the laws of physics are subject to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics.

Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.

We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.

The headlines are critically important. The majority of the public reads little else when deciding whether or not they are interested.

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.

Blake Lively is my style icon, and she always has rocking clothes and shoes. She keeps it really simple with hair and makeup, and I try to do the same thing.

I think Guantanamo, has been synonymous with the staining of American values and American legal tradition.

This is the sense of the desert hills, that there is room enough and time enough