Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it

Self-parody is the first portent of age.

Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken fried steak.

Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

Uva uvum vivendo varia fit

People would be bored shitless if they had to love only the good in someone they care about.

A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.

Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.

Yesterday's gone on down the river and you can't get it back.

I think we spend more time thinking of things to deal with than just letting them go. When we quiet our minds, that’s true freedom.

She was benediction, a touch of faith, life itself coursing through my veins collapsed in age and turmoil, and to my fatigued and weary heart, a new and vibrant throb.

Think about how backstory fits the tale you're trying to tell... p.195

But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongueswhen they have girls to manage

As for real chicken soup, I have it once or twice a week.

Don't leave a 'good time' to chance. Experiences have to be woven with care and planning, like a tapestry.

I always brought up my children not to believe in Mothers Day gifts, and now I regret it.

I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.

You're born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation.