I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're going to know that and you're going to be really panicked.

Somewhere along the line we stopped believing we could do anything. And if we don't have our dreams, we have nothing.

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. It was like a prize turnip.

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.

I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other.

I attribute all my success to ignorance. If you don't ever think about not getting where you want to be, I think it helps you out.

Marketing is the devil.

If you love somebody let them know every day.

Usually when you're playing a character, you think a lot about their backstory.

You want to know the hardest thing about being smart? What? I pretty much always know what's going to happen next; there's no suspense.

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

You are not just a funny person or just a journalist. Most people are hybrids of having a smart opinion and a great sense of humor.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

you can make mean anything.

Time is an optical illusion- never quite as soild or strong as we think it is

I don't believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

Clothes and courage have so much to do with each other.

A lot of the bunkering is designed more to save you than it is to penalize you.

I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.