Artists need to fill themselves to overflowing and give it all back.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

I was its skin, its movement, its shape, its god, its creator, its destroyer. And you thought Dexter was bad. The Bridgeman arrives soon.

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

I'm always doubting my work, even when people are kind enough to say good things. I still have a hard time believing I've written some books, let alone that they've actually done pretty well.

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey.

Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing.

The woman who respects the needs of her body will junk the junk food.

There is probably no heterosexual alive who is not preoccupied with his latent homosexuality.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I was an only child, eventually.

What's wrong with a bit of nostalgia between friends? I think nostalgia sometimes gets too much of a bad press.