I'm a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I'm a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

If you help others to be happy, nobody can steal your happiness.

Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters?

We now operate in a world in which we can assume neither competence nor good faith from the authorities. The consequences of this simple, devastating realization define American life.

I never thought my cotton gin would change history.

[Reformers] might be classified as a distinct species having eyes in the back of their heads.

I propose that there is another kind of power based not on resources, things, or attributes, but rooted in the social and cooperative relations in which people are enmeshed by virtue of group life.

The voice of one who goes before, to makeThe paths of June more beautiful, is thineSweet May!

The reality of having a kid involves day-to-day practicality - not broader philosophical outlooks.

I know where beauty lives, I've seen it once, I know the warmth she gives.

Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself.