You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.

It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.

For me, when you have to prepare to play God, and then walking away from that, you realize just how tough God's job is. I don't want that job.

I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.

There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.

You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.

There is one thing about knowing history, and another in recreating it.