"I don't have a problem believing in God and Jesus. But in Genesis one has to wonder about these sentences that just go on and end without finishing. The thought is unfinished. Where did Adam go? What is he doing? Hello? There has to be some pages missing."

"People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on."

"By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America during our lifetime. But despite significant progress, racism remains."

"I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time."

"I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is."

"It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married."

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

"In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh."