My childhood was pretty ordinary, except from a very early age, I wanted to be scared. I just did. I was scared afterwards. I wanted a light on, because I was afraid that there was something in the closet. My imagination was very active, even at a young age.

Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.

I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that.

She didn't see him at first. She was watching the dancers. Her color was high, and there were deep dimples at the corners of her mouth. She looked nine miles out of place, but he had never loved her more. This was Willa on the edge of a smile.

Until that afternoon in October four years ago, I hadn't known dogs could scream.

I don't want you to apologize for being rich; I want you to acknowledge that in America, we all should have to pay our fair share.

I've put men to death-men with supposedly immortal souls-that looked dumber than that mouse