When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you had been the only person in the world.

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.

Somehow, the road rises up to meet you Patch, when you are ready.

Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine.

The truth dazzles gradually, or else the world would be blind.

There is too much repression and suppression in schools.

I'll start drinking tea over coffee when the big hand is on Never and the little hand is on Ain't Gonna Happen.

I love the flexibility of saying, "Today we're making 50-foot paintings, and we're going to have to join hands and figure out how that's going to work." But in the end, it's a possibility.

We will make love an art and we will love like artists.

Savings give you a lot of strength, flexibility and control. They are what give you the most powerful Answer In The World.

I always begin [a novel] with outlines, but they change and so do my endings and beginnings.

Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.