I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

Good government has to mean less government.

I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.

Up up up up up up points the spire of the steeple but god's work isn't done by god it's done by people

Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is a great way to jazz it up and make your ensemble more interesting.

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and the truth in front of patriotic passion.

I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.

We never deceive people to benefit them, for knavery is a compound of wickedness and falsehood.

Life is essentially a question of values.

The number of illegal firings tripled during the [Ronald] Reagan years. It was at that time that you started getting these companies that specialized in how to destroy unions.

Civilized people have exchanged some part of their chances of happiness for a measure of security.