I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

You can't just will your dreams to come true. You have to work hard. You have to give 'em wings, arms, legs...whatever it takes to make your dreams come true.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

When I started the Imagination Library in my hometown, I never dreamed that one day we would be helping Scottish kids.

No matter what, I always make it home for Christmas. I love to go to my Tennessee Mountain Home and invite all of my nieces and nephews and their spouses and kids and do what we all like to do - eat, laugh, trade presents and just enjoy each other... and sometimes I even dress up like Santa Claus!

I'm very secure about my talents and about who I am.