The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Never complain. Never explain.

I have no romantic feelings about age. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or being young, for that matter.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

Every morning, wake up with the warmth and the light of the rising sun in your heart.

Christians need to realize that they are free children of the almighty God

Know your margins

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles.

While my classmates were reading their textbooks, I drew in the margins.

I'm still in love with what I do, with the idea of making things up, so hours when I write always feel like very blessed hours to me.

It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself.

The true measure of greatness of a human being is their ability to express love in relationship.