It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.

You see, I was the son of a baptist minister.

The most important influence in my childhood was my father.

I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.

I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

I had fallen in love with California.

I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

My father started me singing in church.

My ambition is peace and perfection.

I have considered myself a mature actor.

I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.

Why we are gentlemen if life is not gentle with us?

Art, like Nature, has her monsters

Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

What kind of bank gives back 65 percent-often less-of what you deposit? Indeed, when you compare the services of a bank and an insurance company, common sense suggests something is out of whack.

Well I've always wanted to sing at something called The Houston Rodeo in my hometown, so hopefully I'll get to do that one day.

There's no beauty without poignancy and there's no poignancy without the feeling that it's going, men, names, books, houses--bound for dust--mortal--

He walked with long, ungraceful strides, enormous feet adding to the spectacle, and he sat a horse as if leaning into a strong wind.

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps with it alone, she lives.

No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.

What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.