There's a form of selling out. It's necessary. You have to become edible for people in Texas. You have to become edible for the Christian right, for mass audiences.

I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.

And yeah, my handicap was down to a 10 when we were at the thick of it. I trained for six or seven months, golfing every day for six hours, seven days a week, with eight trainers. It was intense.

I go to sleep at night, and I feel like I just dreamed the whole day.

You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful.

I think penguins are the most human of all the birds, which may be why people love them. They're cute, they stand upright and they look like they're wearing tuxedos.

Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.

Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.

I like the dark, mysterious, maybe even gothic type girls. They have to have a good personality too! I'm very picky!

I'm constantly jumping off cliffs and developing my wings on the way down. ... It's a gamble, a ... spiritual gamble. You are who you choose to be.

You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them.

You know "HOW' then address it right now.

There are many who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more.

Partly because of the desperate economic situation in the country, what were once the leading institutions of conservatism are constrained.

I look upon [writing about religion] as a nice way to get by in this precarious world, though I've never been able to do it myself.

I should like a parsley sandwich. To the best of my knowledge they are not in season.

You I advise not to work, but to fight. You I advise not to peace, but to victory. Let your work be a fight, let your peace be a victory!

Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit.

Cleverness is cheap. It is faith that He praises.

Writing pilots is such a specific thing. It's not even really writing TV shows. A pilot is its own beast.

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.