But I've never looked at myself as being particularly funny..

Doing it wrong fast is at least better than doing it wrong slowly..

I never thought of myself as a writer..

Courage doesn't always roar..

Cautiously avoid speaking of the domestic affairs either of yourself, or of other people. Yours are nothing to them but tedious gossip; and theirs ar….

The family is both mystery and reality; it houses our bodies and our spirits..

For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she can hope for. She can watch him, as a child, play the games she was not ….

Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris.

I liked the place I came from. But a lot of what I liked about it was that I had come from there..

All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how we're brought up, we are either ….

The family is the corner stone of our society..

Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly.

When Cate Blanchett starts directing, it's over for all of us..

Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope..

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction..

Id rather be with Dracula than the Wolfman..

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you t….

Papa didn't cuss, he didn't raise a whole lot of fuss. But when we did wrong, Papa beat the hell out of us..

When you are having trouble making a decision or are at a crossroads in your life and are confused about which path to take, cry out to God and ask f….

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded.

I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night ….