“Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.”

“Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.”

“I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.”

“Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.(Interview, Time Magazine, February 20, 2005)”

“Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?”

“I know what you're thinking 'Did he fire six shots or only five?”

“First, I blow a hole in your face; then I go back inside, and sleep like a baby... I guarantee you.”