When folks git ole en strucken wid de palsy, dey mus' speck ter be laff'd at.

Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called good writing.

I don't keer w'at you do wid me, Brer Fox,' sezee, 'so you don't fling me in dat brier-patch. Roas' me, Brer Fox' sezee, 'but don't fling me in dat brier-patch,' sezee.

Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.

I am in the prime of my senility.

Hongry rooster don't cackle w'en he fine a wum.

Licker talks mighty loud w'en it git loose fum de jug.

Lazy fokes's stummucks don't git tired.

Please don't throw me in dat briar patch!

Jay-bird don't rob his own nes'.

You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far.

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war it is excitement.

My passion stems from seeking world peace and finding how we can live together creatively rather than violently.

Someday the world is going to know who I am-just be hearing my first name.

On the outside one is a star. But in reality, one is completely alone, doubting everything. To experience this loneliness of soul is the hardest thing in the world.

That MySpace is the story of the year. Everyone but my mother is on it.

when a gourd is hollowed out it becomes empty and is of great use to the world because of its emptiness.

The destruction of the personality is the great evil of the time.

I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!

I can be humbler than anyone.

Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.