One day after a long day of work, my mom calls crying, telling me that a sweet young man from the church wanted to donate money to help us with our challenges.

There's a lot of work left to be done. We can't afford to sit on our laurels about what we've accomplished because the struggle is an indefinite one. It will continue on, and the moment we sit back and say that we've gotten it taken care of is the moment we lose.

Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

No man does his best work in any one day of the year

The man you saw out here crossing your kids every day, that was Jim. He came to work every day with a smile on his face. He loved your kids.

Isn't the saying that if you do something you love, you'll never work a day in your life? If you try to paint for the market, then what you're doing becomes a job. Once someone starts to lose passion for what they're doing, you can see it in their work. … There are so many good artists throughout history who did not start until late.