In our family, mom and dad are Longhorns, our first two kids are Aggies and we're hoping our last one is a Longhorn. It gives us family fun on Thanksgiving Day.

The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.

You don't learn anything just by reading books.You learn only by receiving blows.

Prayer is a mighty ministry that any believer can have—anywhere, anytime, and in any circumstance.

A thousand time knocked down by life

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

Culture has never the translucidity of custom; it abhors all simplification. In its essence it is opposed to custom, for custom is always the deterioration of culture.

And though I ebb in worth, I'll flow in thanks.

I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

Soul is as necessary in a painting as body.

I believe most Americans are pro-choice and anti-abortion.