The food in the South is as important as food anywhere because it defines a person's culture.

Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.

People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak.

The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable.

I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it.

If you do everything in your power to avoid writing and still can't, then you must be a writer.

It’s funny, most people can be around someone and then gradually begin to love them and never know exactly when it happened