I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of paint and materials as a work on each painting. I can restart exactly where I left off.

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

Wax myrtle: The birds love this stuff.

A blue dog, you know, is the opposite of a yellow dog. And a yellow dog was somebody who was willing to follow his party even when he knew it was wrong.

It's a bit ridiculous to have people who have two years of experience handling an $83 billion budget.

Most people are bad with names. I have learned a trick: Make them laugh and they will never forget you.

I know firsthand what a vote to authorize war means to the lives of American families.

I'm inspired by nature. Other artist's work is important for developing my perception.

Diplomacy should always be the first option, and every mission should have a clear, achievable objective that is in the interests of the United States.

Perhaps my greatest wisdom is the knowledge that I do not know.

Political problems ruin meals. Let it be known as Eric’s Law of Lunch henceforth.

You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out.

Anyone who tries to put fear in a heart, has lost their heart to fear.

Do you think magic exists if it can be explained?

But never yet the dog our country fed, Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread.

I maintain that we ought to abolish the institution and stop causing or facilitating the existence of more 'companion' animals.

On an everyday level, I use alcohol and drugs in general mostly to be in a happier mood, with the people around me.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts.