To be a successful state, we must nurture successful children.

I didn't come to stay. I came to make a difference.

The old he-coon walks just before the light of day.

We have entered the era of the 'imperial' former presidency with lavish libraries, special staffs and benefits, around-the-clock Secret Service protection for life and other badges of privilege.

You should wake up every day looking for the trouble you can get into.

In writing, there is art. And in art, there is craft ...

I wonder now if [the gods] take from us that which we love so we must seek them, if only to scavenge for meaning in this existence.

The gift of your time and attention is love in action.

Her face lay still on the air under his face.

Maybe I should quit the business. There's no one left for me to love. Mama's dead. Mr. Burns couldn't care less about me. What's left?

A calamity that makes you turn to Allah is better for you then a blessing which makes you forget the remembrance of Allah

I called Donald Trump a racist. Nobody that makes that charge is being intellectually honest, or else they're being intellectually lazy.

Home is where the pants aren't

Your associates can be priceless.

I feel like there is this weird thing where celebrity involvement in political campaigns kind of goes together like peanut butter and chocolate. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.