I'm a stranger wherever I go, but I'm happy.

A watermelon that breaks open by itself tastes better than one cut with a knife.

whoever gives the common people food to eat is a good person whoever lets the common people starve is a bad person.

We are preaching hope, standing on the bones of the past.

The heart in every human is the sacred love.

She understood children, and knew that they were adults handicapped by a humiliating disguise and had their adult qualities within them.

[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . .

Oh yes, well, I find myself unconventional everywhere.

Chieftains must understand that the spirit of the law is greater than its letter.

You can't be someone you're not on TV. You can in movies, but not on TV because you can't hide.

A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance.

Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.

The measure of your holiness is proportionate to the goodness of your will.