I've been working since I was 14, and my father, being very conservative, has always been strict about my having a savings account.

I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me.

It's simple. Eat well, exercise and get lots of sleep but make sure you indulge occasionally. At my age , I think , what the hell , and eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut !

I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again.

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker.... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

Somewhere along the line I made the switch and was able to look at the bright side rather than the dark sida all the time. Now I look at everything I have and think how lucky I am.

You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

I find the less you focus on your flaws, the better off you are. Be yourself and be glad of who you are.

Love humiliates you. Hatred cradles you.

People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.

Ain't nothing more important than loving your mama. Even if you can't understand her. Love her. That's all you gotta do.

I am neither good, nor bad, neither angel nor devil, I am a man, I am a vampire.

The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through experience, seeing something with our own eyes.

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

Mama was crying, and the rain made it seem as if the whole world was crying.

Shoot first and ask questions not at all

When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically speaking - make a noise

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.

It's great extremes which leads to great drama and great comedy.