They tore out my heart and stomped that sucker flat.

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.

Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

The idiot who invented instant grits also thought of frozen fried chicken, and they ought to lock him up before he tries to freeze-dry collards.

God’s grace gives you strength to overcome any situation.

The hangover: such a cure, she thinks, for overthinking.

If you give a writer a line, they'll take a paragraph…

Most people cant' deal with reality, but indulge heavily in fantasy and fear.

Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat—like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese.

My life has been transformed by great teachers all the way.

God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame.

There is nobody I know by name who is concerned with collecting information for the Russian authorities. There are people whom I know by sight whom I trusted with my life.

Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods?

There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.