Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise, they will win and the decent people will lose.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas.