I have way too shady a background to get into politics. I was a crazy kid - I was in bands, and I don't think I'd get very far before people started digging up stuff I didn't want them to see.

I play guys who never smile, and I never stop smiling.

Stavo facendo impazzire tutte le persone che mi stavano intorno.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can - prepare, pray and achieve - to make it happen.

The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.

All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language - on all its levels.

On and on you will hike. And I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.

Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.

Niggards are oftentimes neat.

I like to open the doors to people's brain.

I'm very happy to have a small, long, career instead of one big hit and then oblivion.