[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.

Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

It really sucks getting older. Sometimes I'll be walking along and I'll just glance over my shoulder to make sure nothing has fallen off.

I am a bit of a Dudley Do-Gooder, though, because if I see a car accident or something bad happen, I am one of those idiots who runs toward the problem instead of away from it. Not that I would recommend this behavior.