One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.

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.

Stories last longer: but only by becoming only stories.

I owe most of my wisdom to the problems I was gifted.

Dust into dust and under dust to lie Sans wine sans song sans singer and - sans end.

The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.

I love getting my feet massaged.

In South Florida, we have industrial cockroaches that have to be equipped with loud warning beepers so you can get out of their way when they back up.

In convent, I live for 4 months in a broom closet. I do not rot.

I think writers have to be able to enjoy solitude rather than just endure it. I've always enjoyed being left alone with my imagination, ever since I was a kid.

I vow to interpret every experience as a direct healing of the Goddess with my soul.

The only purpose of starting is to finish