Being a Georgia author is a rather specious dignity, on the same order as, for the pig, being a Talmadge ham.

You will have found Christ when you are concerned with other people’s sufferings and not your own.

You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.

Right now the whole world seems to be going through a dark night of the soul.

Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.

...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.

What people don’t realize is how much religion costs. They think faith is a big electric blanket, when of course it is the cross.

[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . .

It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

Any ideas how we can develop a strategy for success? The answer is ... developing an action plan. It’s that simple!

When did 'Ask not what your country can do for you' become 'Ask only what your country will give you'?

Right now, my job is that I'm like an ambulance chaser. I've got to look for movies with white guys falling out of them.

The zipper opened all the way down our spines.

I don't get cast for every job and I understand that.

Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you - your relationship with God.

Freshness is important. If a game is fresh, new, intriguing, challenging, and enchanting, it will sell, and sell well.

I try as hard as I can for everything to be different from one movie to the next.

Do NOT say you “can’t”! You can say, “I don’t want to”. You can say, “I’m not willing to put forth the effort”. But DO NOT say you CAN’T!