They're real strong magic, they make you have good luck. Not like fried chicken when you're not lookin' for it, but things like long life n' good health, n' passin' six weeks tests...these are real valuable to somebody.

I'm still old-fashioned. I love dusty old books and libraries.

As a reader I loathe introductions...Introductions inhibit pleasure, they kill the joy of anticipation, they frustrate curiosity.

I'm gonna be a new kind of clown. I'm gonna stand in the middle of the ring and laugh at the folks.

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike--in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do.

Serving on a jury forces a man to make up his mind and declare himself about something. Men don't like to do that. Sometimes it's unpleasant.