He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.

The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept.

My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman.

It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury.

He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill.

I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation.

At the base of it was the urge if you wanted to play football to knock someone down that was what the sport was all about the will to win closely linked with contact.

At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was all about, the will to win closely linked with contact.

It has always seemed a cruel joke to me that the very word 'stutter' is difficult for many stutterers to pronounce. It is onomatopoeic, an imitation of the halting, repetitive sound made by people with this speech dysfunction.

A billion could live off the earth; 6 billion living as we do is far too many, and you run out of planet in no time.

On 'Awkward,' we really like to send the message out that we're relatable, and that we get what people are going through.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

I wasn't a wrestling fan growing up; I knew who Hulk Hogan was and stuff but I didn't watch it. I started watching wrestling about three years before I got involved with WCW.

If we had a party every time someone died on 'The Following,' we'd never get anything done.

Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead.

Acid washed denim was never my favorite.

Where do thoroughbreds go after they lose one too many races, throw one too many riders, or develop a limp? Many thousands of thoroughbreds end up being slaughtered for horse meat. The unpleasant truth is horse meat is eaten in Europe and Asia.

My parents wanted me to grow up around horses and open spaces.

'The Voice' gave me the exposure that YouTube was never able to provide for me, just because I didn't have a label or that kind of opportunity before. It also kind of trained me as person and performer with an audience.

I relax, meditate and do 80 minutes of yoga every day.

The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.

People don't realize how sick Amanda Nunes is. She beats some of the UFC bantamweight males in the gym.

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

I have a producing partner named Stephen Hamel, and we've been trying to generate material.

In my humble opinion, the ages 22 to about 27 are the most critical years of your adult life. It's your time to gestate in the cocoon of becoming.

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party.

I would die without goals or a focus. I need something to keep me going.

I think I have been very conscious throughout my career. I can't go back and remember every line of every ad I have done, but I think in the most part I have been pretty conscious that we are not making a wrong claim. I am pretty confident with everything I do.

If it's that difficult for a rich man to get into heaven, think how terrible it must be for a poor man to get in. He doesn't even have a bribe for the gatekeeper.