If nothing in this world satisfies me, perhaps it is because I was made for another world.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

Love isn't always a physical emotion. Sometimes it's the ones who never got to actually hold you in their arms that appreciate you for who you are

Most artists I know consider themselves to be phonies, along with the feeling that there's something that you're doing is essential, essential to communicate, and deeply, deeply real.

In life, the worst disasters come from passion.

If you have a fat brother or sister you might be American.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

It's not how many years you've lived, it's how they've left you.

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

I am in love with Larry David.

These years are still the years of my prime. It is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that.

If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.