I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white

I was a dummy in school.

A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting

Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material.

I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.

I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last

Maybe I can't act, but I know the gimmicks. I studied acting all my life and know what's good for me.

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me

She felt that at some point she must finally and formally talk to Louisa about Hubert, and ask her to acknowledge that the worst possible thing had happened to her as well.

No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall in defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country.

My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

Facebook is that successful guy you're supposed to want to date, but you can't keep your mind off the beautiful freak in the corner. Twitter is my freak.

My Peace I leave with you

Life is a climb and it's a struggle getting to the top but the drop to the bottom can be quick and so I think you have to embrace every moment of the day.

I have a very strong opinion. I'm absolutely against it. I'm against the challenge system. I'm for the way it is right now. Don't change that.

We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to kill him. We rolled up terrorist cells. We stopped the millennium bombings.

There is a common emotion we all recognize and have not yet named -- the happy anticipation of being able to feel contempt.

Terry Farish seems to breathe the reader into the emotional spaces of war, exile, and refugee life. The Good Braider is a delicate stunning exploration of its young protagonist's life and heart.