the study of jurisprudence, by which I must earn my bread, has so withered and frozen the flowers of my fancy that they will never again seek the light. (To his Mother, November 11, 1829)

He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be.

No one tells me what they think because they're either intimidated by me, or they don't want to upset me.

A happy love is full of quarrels, you know.

The love that interferes and knows not how to leave alone is a love alien to Nature's ways.

Light may seem at times to be an impertinent intruder, but it is always beneficial in the end.

I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to understand what happens in rap.

For a long time I have not said what I believed, nor do I ever believe what I say, and if indeed sometimes I do happen to tell the truth, I hide it among so many lies that it is hard to find.

What is good for the bad, and what is bad for the good.

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks.

You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.