Don't try to tell me it's because I'm scared, because the truth is the only time I'm not terrified is when I'm with you.

Hot heart-blood leaked from my face. From my eyes and my nose and my mouth. Not tears, because those would never stop. This was just liquid heartbreak seeping from my pores.

Live your life in such a way that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying

Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.

The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.

My dad's all I've ever had. When I was 3 and 4, my mom used to take me to bars. I understand why now - babysitters cost beer, beer and-a-half an hour.

...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.

All of Iraq's oil fields are under U.S. control which is ironic considering all the gas stations here are run by Middle Easterners.

The Tale of Despereaux is the story of an unlikely hero, a mouse, who falls in love with a princess and then must save her. It's a triumph of the human spirit, via a mouse.

Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.

I really felt neurotic - it was a neurotic reason - but I had to teach very, very well. That sucked up a lot of oxygen from my time and my creative thinking.