She remembered, as every sensible person does, that you should never never shut yourself up in a wardrobe.

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.

There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it.

A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.

What one exorcises in this [imagery] way at little cost, and for the price of a few tears, will never in effect be reproduced

Shit rolls downhill. Bureaucracy rolls faster.

Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.

As much as I loved the art and discipline of the dance, it didn't love me!

For the rest of my life?" His voice softens. "Do you want that, Ella May? Do you want me eternally, infinitely, forever, till death do us part?

You may say i'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

I think the art world will continue to be a place where people have a certain freedom and creativity to think about what's happening in Cuba.

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.