Truth is so good a thing that falsehood can not afford to be without it.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.

NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

Let’s face it, life is trivial, and my guess is that dying imparts very little wisdom on those in process.

I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard.

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

My yearn for home is broadened Patriotism expanded By callings from beyond So I pack my things Nothing precious All things sacred

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction

After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.

I did not enter into silence. Silence captured me.

Maybe that is the power of poetry. It somehow transcends news cycles, and becomes a part of our collective imagination. That is the beauty of the art form I like to play with.

When I first started auditioning I would stutter a lot because I was so terribly frightened.

There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.