I would rather be disliked for who I am than to be respected for who I'm not.

Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you're afraid to write about.

Linda Evans Shepherd has blessed many by her warmth and openness. She's not only a delightful person, but she encourages others as she shares her joy.

If God inspires your writing, others will know because it will inspire them when they read it.

Good writing demands self-discipline and constant learning

Consistency is contrary to nature contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

There is no other solution to a man's problems but the day's honest work the day's honest decisions the day's generous utterance and the day's good deed.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans toile fabric that I designed pre-Katrina for Hazelnut.

Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.

I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to... I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.

To me the purpose of art is to produce something alive...but with a separate, and of course one hopes, with an everlasting life of its own.

I just want my name back so my life can go back to chaotic and weird instead of chaotic and desperate.

I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one.

There was no civility, there was no sophistication, there was nothing but raw resentment and anger on the part of the Hillary [Clinton] campaign staff.