...Mrs. Percy understood that staying beautiful all day long is the most important aspect of being married...

I don't care what problem you face

Those are fools however learnedWho have not learned to walk with the world.

The woods are full of regional writers, and it is the great horror of every serious Southern writer that he will become one of them.

I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it.

Anybody who doesn't like this book is healthy

I'm glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn't fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go.

I haven't had ice-cream in a year, although I did have a slice of pizza. People don't realise that when you're shooting a movie it's only three months to get in shape for.

My eyes make pictures when they are shut.

Know more than other. Work more than other. Expect less than other

I would dearly love to take up the brush again, but I realize that I am an old man and that I cannot set the world afire.