"Untested faith was rarely strong. Deep, abiding faith was tempered through fire."

“Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'”

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

Source : "A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

“I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.”

“I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot.”

“I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!”

“Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly . prime it with a little solitude.”

“I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Bureaucracy has murdered people in the greater New Orleans area. And bureaucracy needs to stand trial before Congress today. So I'm asking Congress, please investigate this now. Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot. Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot. Just don't give me the same idiot.”

Source : "Senate Plans Hearings on Slow FEMA Response". "Day to Day" with Madeleine Brand, www.npr.org. September 7, 2005.