Jesse Helms has never been an invincible man.

John Edwards comes from working folk, just like me. John Edwards worked hard and excelled to get his education, just like me.

In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought wed come to the point where were talking about the re-election of a black president.

There has to be life after the Charlotte Mayors office.

If you want truly to understand something, try to change it.

We begin to learn wisely when we're willing to see world from other people's perspective.

When you first get out of doing a show for a long time where you played a teenager, casting directors and producers all still look at you as being the character that you played for so long.

It is impossible to build enduring institutions without solid values. For us, the fundamental value is that associated with democracy.

I don't know what it is I exude. But whatever it is, it's whatever I am!

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.

Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.

I remember Grace (Coddington) looking at me and said, 'Can you do something?' and I was like, 'OK, how long do you give me?' and she said 'Half an hour?', I said 'Forty-five minutes?'

I'm always telling myself as I write that I'm not really writing a novel; I'm just going to fool around with a character or an idea.

I do stand in opposition to those who want to implement Sharia and essentially attack the Constitution of the United States.