It would always be my burden, not that I lacked genius, but that I was fully aware of it.

But even her demons she invested with inordinate beauty, consecrated them with the dignity of her attention.

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

There are no verdicts to childhood, only consequences, and the bright freight of memory.

These are the quicksilver moments of my childhood I cannot remember entirely. Irresistible and emblematic, I can recall them only in fragments and shivers of the heart.

I lived with the terrible knowledge that one day I would be an old man still waiting for my real life to start. Already, I pitied that old man.

College was to teach me that I was one of life's journeymen, eager to excel but lacking the requisite gifts.

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

Losing well was a gift, but winning well is this stuff of the authentic manhood.

The desolate narrowness, the definitive thinness of experience is both the vainglory and the dead giveaway of a provincial man.

In every southerner, beneath the veneer of clichés lies a much deeper motherlode of cliché. But even cliché is overlaid with enormous power when a child is involved.

I done many wrong and bad things in my lifeLove by heart and soulTrusted with my whole Devoted my life Keep honesty from the depth of heartNever use mind every decision took by heart.

Never lose hope.Never lose faith.

There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or out. There's no such thing as a life in between.

There is nothing to encourage. The Iranians should just stay away from us.

Our team isn’t changing. … And our mission – to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve – certainly isn’t changing.

I don't smoke or drink, but I will not tell you that I won't smoke again. Probably I will when I'm 60.

The difficult thing about shooting a television series is that you never have enough time. You really don't.

I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.

Young people, take heart: the older you get, the fewer commandments you will have the strength to break.

You must try to make the most of all that comes but also don't forget to learn a lot of all that goes.