I walked the streets of New York for two years begging for a job, and I couldn't get one.
Hal Holbrook[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is what has made it a great American novel and the most widely read book in American Literature around the world today.
Hal HolbrookI got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
Hal HolbrookWhy do I keep performing at my age? What else am I going to do? Play golf? I tried that years ago and all I did was cuss. I can do that without the walk, cuss at Congress and let [Mark]Twain do it. "Imagine that you were an idiot. And then imagine that you were a member of Congress. Wait - I've repeated myself."
Hal Holbrook