It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

I've failed over and over but I get back up stronger, better, and bolder. It's the only way I know and want to live.

Blazing? Droplets of thoughts can soothe it all. Don't feel depleted. Bask in the residue. That remains!

I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep.

Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.

God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.

Yet some there be that by due steps aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of Eternity.

I like fashion because it’s sort of my job, so I’m into it when I have to be. But when I’m not working, I wear jeans and T-shirts. I go to vintage stores all the time to find funky T-shirts.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original.

Perseus, you are not the hero.