They talk about big skies in the western United States, and they may indeed have them, but you have never seen such lofty clouds, such towering anvils, as in Iowa in July.

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.

They were Republicans, Nixon Republicans, and so didn't subscribe to the notion that laws are supposed to apply to all people equally.

Imagine having a city full of things that no other city had.

There is nothing more real than light.

I am very happy to know my mission.

I have come to realize that we are born and we die and that the word 'freedom' is a man's greatest lie.

One joy dispels a hundred cares.

Powerful men often succeed through the help of their wives. Powerful women only succeed in spite of their husbands.

This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to.

If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others.

Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?

Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose.

Far from the world I walk, and from all care.