I don't make plans, because life is short and unpredictable - much like the weather!

My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So. . .you're black.

In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.

In the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She's got a construction zone going on in her belly.

I love cooking for myself and cooking for my family.

I have been blessed with working with the best in the business.

If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day. You have to learn to use it responsibly.

If somehow every volunteer vanished tomorrow, so much of this country would come to a standstill: schools, hospitals and libraries. You can't name an institution that doesn't depend on volunteers.

I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort. Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.

I've never been part of anything so great as those three kids.

Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it's not. it's the United States of America.

To be straight means to be loyal to the truth.

My father loved poetry and music. But deep in himself he thought teaching the finest thing a person could do.

I'm not the best of you, but I'm not the worst either.

Little Walter was the best harmonica player I ever heard in my life.

As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it - along the lines that President Bush proposed.

Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a 'what if.

You don't have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help

My hope is that this movie will affect people on a very profound level and reach them with a message of faith, hope, love and forgiveness.

The people who get the ability to use force have to be watched carefully by civilians to make sure they don't use it excessively.

Donald Trump's hair frankly. Sometimes you know you're going to get criticism, but you just have to take .