You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old-timey savory dressing.

I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.

Life is too short to wonder where you hid your waffle maker.

I am proof that the American dream still exists.

I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.

Change doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with the desire, then one small step in the right direction.

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.

I will never use a substitute for butter. Margarine is one molecule away from eating plastic.

Growing up, I had a very busy social life. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in high school that I asked Mama if I could come into the kitchen and have her teach me how to cook something.

I don't want to spend my life not having good food going into my pie hole. That hole was made for pies.

Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock.

See--two who dreamed that dream, and you were one.

We each begin in innocence. We all become guilty.

Today the biggest problem in caring for those with AIDS is no longer mainly a medical or scientific problem. The crisis is access to affordable drugs.

We live in a world in which courage is in less supply than genius.

She used to cry roughly three times a year. Now she seemed to cry three times before breakfast. Could that be considered progress?

I wanted to look at how people deal with death. Why is Henry Kissinger not in jail and Charles Manson is?

You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.

There is nothing you cannot be, there is nothing you cannot do. There is nothing you cannot have.

When we surrender when we do not fight with life when it calls upon us we are lifted and the strength to do what needs to be done finds us.

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.