When you reach a certain age in life, time becomes more important than money, and I think that happens in your 50s.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I love my country, not my government.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.

A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

revenge is only sweet to those whom rancor have distorted their taste.

Even if the project requires you to have all the ducks in a line, I can't do that. I don't create way.

Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.

Life as the chosen religious figure for a colony of cryptid mice can be a lot of things, but it's definitely never boring.

Governor LePage tells Obama to go to hell.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.

Because some stories end, but old stories go on, and you gotta dance to the music if you want to stay ahead

I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires.