The best way to honor the dead was by making their passing useful to the living.

He’d often ignored his uncle’s teachings about gentlemanly behavior, but one stricture he’d always abided by: no man worth his salt took advantage of a woman.

Even a ship can become a prison if all you see around you are bars.

Money doesn't make the things you need. People do.

It takes two hands to clap! I cannot be solely blamed for what happened in my relationships! If things soured, it happened because of both parties. Not just me!

I really think that most people around the world know how well-intended Americans are.

Well, I have to write. A lot of people forget that. They think I’m sort of crazy baffoon who can’t make up his mind what to do in life

The internet to me is kind of like a black hole, and I never really go on it.

I haven't seen a bear in person. I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes.

I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.

Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.

People grow and change and develop through their experiences, so ultimately you have to go with what's in the room - the feeling you get from them and what the camera picks up.

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.