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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The triune God exercises total government over all things, and He requires us as His image-bearers to exercise government in Christ in our own spheres in terms of His law.

You can't be pessimistic because there are so many things that go wrong every day that if you were to be negative or pessimistic you'd go out of business.

We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.

The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.

Pictures rule, but words define, explain, express, direct, and hold together our thoughts and what we know.

When I'm cooking for myself, I find that I eat almost completely vegetarian, although I'm not vegetarian.

If you carve out what you expect, that's how you end up getting disappointed, not living fully in the present.

It's all about giving back, helping people and encouraging people. I love to do that.

Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

I don't choose roles. I go where I'm wanted.