Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten.

I loved it, but social reality impeded. Now I wander in here at 9 in the morning or so, and come back for a while in the afternoon. I am a very lenient boss.

Whenever things sound easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear.

Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?

The trouble with real life is, there's no reset button.

In order to hold your faith intact be sure it's kept unsullied by fact.

When the phone rang, Parker was in the garage, killing a man.

Hoke Moseley is a magnificently battered hero. Willeford brings him to us lean and hard and brand-new.

A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.

What did Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back.

I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again.

Nothing is really lost in the World

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong and that 99% of them are wrong.

~[My daughter is] very artistic, but she's also a perfectionist. I feel a little bad: That's the part I see in her that's like me - and you don't want them to have that at age 5.~

I dont see much difference between it and the other films though I can see on a rational and intelligent level there is a big difference.

What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.

One of the best ways to expand his horizon is through a regular reading program.

See, that's the thing about L.A.- When you've mastered the art of feeling lonely in a room full of people, that's when you know.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquities.

I was way into space and planes. I had loads of model planes and rockets.

The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.