The Christmas spirit - love - changes hearts and lives.

I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.

Christmas is a good time to take stock of our blessings.

So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons.

Don't trust anyone over 30.

So I would say Reagan was the best, and certainly Clinton the worst.

The greatest thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus.

When we fully realize who God is, we learn that each of us is a child of the King!

When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.

A girl should never disguise the fact that she's a girl. It's a lot easier to convince a man that you're a fascinating female if you look the part.

It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept.

Creativity is a combination of discipline and childlike spirit.

Trying to erase, hide, discredit, degrade, and suppress a writer's work, merit, voice, and influence―is unconstitutional. Censorship only exists to protect corruption.

We have one thing in common with umbrellas: We both exist because the rain exists!

Any sermon that is not birthed in prayer is not a message from God no matter how learned the preacher.

An intense feeling carries with it its own universe, magnificent or wretched as the case may be.

The best advice I have been given is to live in the moment, as cliché as that sounds. It's crazy.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.

Detachment is the ultimate pleasure.

A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts.