I love a garden and a book.

South Carolina is in the spring a paradise, in the summer a hell, and in the autumn a hospital.

I realized, it is not the time that heals, but what we do within that time that creates positive change.

In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things.

I love people who really turn their lives around. I think it's such a wonderful human trait.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

Hopefully we'll get to a point where people realize movies don't cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture.

I have so many things to do today, I dare not ignore my time with God.

I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.

The greatest power of the mass media is the power to ignore. The worst thing about this power is that you may not even know you're using it.

What I wanted more than anything was a long career.