I read to learn from the greats but I write to compete with them.

Everyone will not favor you or respect your beliefs, passion and purpose--so be it. But do not allow the views of others to hinder your quest. Remain steadfast.

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Today we often use deadlines—real and imaginary—to imprison ourselves.

A soldier never dies. His blood makes the grass green for his children.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.

If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.

When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.

Whatever story you're telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it.

If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.

Apt analogies are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.