“Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, a...” — James Earl Jones Quote

“Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.”

“I think stutterers are funny. And I know it's rude and politically incorrect to laugh at stutterers. But I think it is okay because I know why they're funny. They make people nervous. People think, when on earth are they going to get the word out, so they start laughing out of their own nervousness.”

“Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers.”

“Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.”

“No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.”

“Our laughter is always the laughter of a group.”

“It's awfully nice when people thank you for the pleasure and laughter you've brought to their lives.”

“If I can bring a little light, love, and laughter into my environment, it's a win.”

“Laughter can be medicine.”

“When I think of the books I love, there's always a little laughter in the dark.”

“I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror.”