When I'm in the U.S. Senate, I will fiercely oppose the president's attack on Kentucky's coal industry, because protecting our jobs will be my No. 1 priority.

What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office.

I believe increasing minimum wage it's not just the minimum wage, it's a living wage.

Well, I am as much a cheerleader for President Obama as Sen. McConnell is a Chippendale dancer.

If Mitch McConnell were a TV show, he would be ‘Mad Men,’ treating women unfairly, stuck in 1968 and ending this season.

The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell.

Then I shall bid thee goodnight, my dear. Sweet pixies watch over the dusty moonlight of your dreams, Jessameine.

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

Music and fashion inspire each other.

Though I'm not the first king of controversy, I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley. To do black music so selfishly, and use it to get myself wealthy.

I got off the plane - I was walking and cooking at the same time.

I don't think male characters are as one-dimensional as female characters.

Most of my career I've spent really nervous. Just about work, getting work and having it in.

By making the place and the people and the feelings real, by the time someone closes the cover of one of my books, they have, hopefully, felt all of the emotions of life.

As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.

The true Wisdom is in recognizing our own ignorance.