Stillness was most natural. To go on scrabbling and running and grasping after some kind of life was aberration

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

I admire Eudora Welty. 'Delta Wedding' is a book I've given as a present to numerous women. Eudora Welty rocks. She writes such jewel-like, fine, refined short stories.

The reason I got into acting was the audience is right there and if you did something great they were right there and you knew it.

When I choose to smile I become the master of my emotions.

You say you're looking for someone who'll pick you up each time you fall, to gather flowers constantly and to come each time you call, a lover your life and nothing more. But it ain't me, babe.

Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired

Heroism is not blind courage: it is selfless action. it is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you must do what you do for the good of others.

I'm a painter in my dreams, you know.

Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.

How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."