What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?

Look inside yourself and you'll find a world of things (a world of your own experiences)worth writing about.

Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.

A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he'd know he was making a thousand children laugh.

I love Arkansas but I think Arkansas has its share of unlit minds.

When people's emotions are involved they don't want to listen.

Maybe...in a way, this coffee reminds me of something. Maybe...maybe only a philosopher or a mad man would make this connection, but it's a little like life. I mean it's powerful going down and that doesn't even take into account the aftertaste, which really takes getting used to.