I grew up as a little gay boy in Paris, Texas, which was a very conservative community and I had a strong religious background as well.

The little dictator who went to Moscow in his green fatigues to receive a bear hug did not forsake the doctrine of Lenin when he returned to the West and appeared in a two-piece suit. (On Daniel Ortega Saavedra)

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.

She never understood why painters made ugly things. A, who wanted them in their house? This guy, obviously . . . who had no taste, or anyway was stuck in the nineties. And 2, it seemed like showing off. Like, hey, this is ugly! In your face. People were rude and called it art.

She felt that she was being measured and found wanting.

Tell your sister I'm all right," Mrs Whatsit said to Charles. "Tell her my intentions are good." "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," Charles intoned.

We do wrong, with all the best will in the world. And sometimes we do right without even knowing it.

While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

The image he bears decides his destiny.

The master judges by the result, but our Father judges by the effort.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.