This is a deep and personal topic in our society today. Read the papers. America is hurting because of it. For God's sake, speak up. Don't we need to…

- Hal Holbrook

I have a suicide impulse.

- Hal Holbrook

When the audience begins to see the sunrise on that it's hard for them to turn away from it because they're listening to a man talking to them from o…

- Hal Holbrook

Death ends a life. But it doesn't end a relationship.

- Hal Holbrook

Success is no longer content. It's how it sells.

- Hal Holbrook

We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is obj…

- Hal Holbrook

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

- Hal Holbrook

Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting is more eloquent than tha…

- Hal Holbrook

The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world…

- Hal Holbrook