The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe.

I'm not a racist, but I do have to work at not being a racist, because of where I grew up.

I've been a serial husband, and I've done it badly every time.

I ain't ever satisfied.

People can try to make me into anything they want, but I think they're really throwing around language but saying the same thing.

We're Americans. I don't consider us to be evil, I just don't think we know any better. We're a really young culture. We're hillbillies, and the rest of the world sees us that way. I travel all over the world, and probably the only worse rednecks than us are the Australians. And they're an even younger country.

I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes.