"Being the 8th out of 10 kids, and being the one that stayed in trouble, I sort of became a momma's boy."

“I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.”

“I intend to be me. Whatever that is.”

“You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down”

“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.”

“They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.”

“Something that is interesting about the current polling is that, as you watch Hillary's [Clinton] numbers fluctuate, part of the reason that they are is because the Obama coalition, younger voters, African-American voters, Latino voters, they're not showing up in as large a number for her as they did for President [Barack] Obama.”

“I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs.”

“Good and great are seldom in the same man.”