Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.

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.

In my end lies my beginning" Who said that? Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542-1587).

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it.

Don't commit suicide, because you might change your mind two weeks later.

If there is a simple, easy principle that binds everything I have done together, it is my interest in people and their relationship to things.

I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working.

The magic of life, of course, is not something that can be explained. Structures can only take us to the point where they begin or end. Beyond structures is the white light.

The garden where you sit Has never a need of flowers, For you are the blossoms And only a fool or the blind Would fail to know it

Honestly, musicals? I just can't. What if this was real life and I was just walking down the street on Rodeo Drive and all of a sudden I just burst into song about how much I love shoes?

A startling and engrossing commentary on the complex actuality and continuing heritage of American slavery.

Sharing is a much better way to communicate than proving.