“I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Ni...” — Maria Mitchell Quote

I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

If the truth be known, we are on the verge of losing an entire generation of our young people, killing and dying in the streets of America.

I'm tired of seeing people dying every day; I'm tired of seeing people go to jail for nothing.

When I was younger, making films was so all-consuming. It was a life-or-death thing. Films still mean so much to me when I'm making them. So I had to get away from that attitude of living or dying with every film, because otherwise you'll go insane.

Here I am, a struggling actor, and movie executives are saying to me, 'My son's not playing much. What can we do about that?' How do I tell someone I'm dying to work with, 'Your kid is kind of lazy?'