War is like night, she said. It covers everything.

I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.

A mn ages hs enemy because he hates his own hate. He says to himself: I hate him not because he's my enemy, not because he hates me, but because he arouses me to hate.

Writing to her, I was no longer lonely... I could tolerate anything as long as I had a notepad and a pen and could pour my heart out to her in these letters.

Life has a purpose and that is to be happy, and happiness is the fruits of our love and labor.

Comfort...was the key ingredient to making the prisoner crave the prison.

It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp.

My songs are just little letters to me.

Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I'm the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down. You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14.

The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which it could in an instant.

My mother used to say, "When you can learn to laugh at yourself, a lot of healing comes from that."

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

The only thing very noticeable about Nebraska was that it was still, all day long, Nebraska.