The writer is a writer because he cannot help it. It is a compulsion.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

The bible and the church have been the greatest stumbling block in the way of women's emancipation.

People who don't respect the time you spent with them, don't know they have lost the gift of good memories.

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.

Coolidge's stat was so low; he's ranked in the bottom half of presidents. What I found when I encountered this man was the leader I might like to see today.

It's too theatrical not to express yourself constantly.

... see well how it often befalls that to rise to the topmost degree would make it seem that the abyss is on high.

The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less.

I started when I was three years old, doing commercials and Modeling in New York, I liked it so much that I kept doing it.

When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.

When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.