I believe that the ability to laugh at oneself is fundamental to the resiliency of the human spirit.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

The past is a foreign country they do things differently there.

You and I are just like a blade of grass sitting here; we are going to wither and die. "But the word of the Lord endures forever"

There are so many people with great work ethics that I've been around. I try and take the best qualities from the people I admire and apply it to my own self.

Having these colossal accolades and titles, they get in the way.

He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and... he was a beautiful butterfly!

I used everything you gave me.

I live about six miles from where I was born and raised.

Half the Christian churches of New York are trying to ruin the free public schools in order to replace them by religious dogma.

I came from a very strict background. [So if you want to make a scary movie] if you were raised as a fundamentalist, just pull all the skeletons out of your closet.