It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights. But the U.S. policy is exactly the wrong way to go about it.

Cuba seems to have the same effect on US administrations as the full moon has on werewolves.

Nothing is worse than loneliness.

Keep rechewing. Like a cow. Use all your creative stomachs.

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.

I feel 80% of my life is completely normal.

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

Pictures... are also opinions... [they] set down what the camera operator sees and he sees what he wants to see and what he loves and hates and pities and is proud of.

I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.

Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.

There are two types of football - there's physical football and football talent.