She [mama] an appreciation of the language. She taught me a love of words, of how they should be used and how they can fill a creative soul with a passion and lead to a life's work.

If Love Were Oil, I'd Be About a Quart Low.

When My Love Comes Back from the Ladies' Room, Will I Be Too Old To Care?

Yankees don't understand that the Southern way of talking is a language of nuance. What we can do in the South is we can take a word and change it just a little bit and make it mean something altogether different.

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

I don't think I'll get married again. I'll just find a woman I don't like and give her a house.