“All right. I'm corny. But I think there's just about a-hundred-and-forty-million people in this country that are just as corny as I am.”

“It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?”

“But I do nothing that I don't like, such as "inventing" up to the arty or "down" to the corny. I happen to relish a certain type of corn. What I think is the really dangerous approach is the "let's be artistic" attitude. I know that artistry just happens.”

“Most true things are kind of corny, don’t you think? But we make them more sophisticated out of sheer embarrassment.”

“I'd like to think I am taking people on a journey; I am not just entertaining people, but giving them something to think about when they leave.”

“But I'm glad you'll see me as I am. Above all, I wouldn't want people to think that I want to prove anything. I don't want to prove anything, I just want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself. I have that right, haven't I?”

“I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.”

“I think I'm dumb
or maybe just happy
think I'm just happy…”

“I am a hundred and forty six years old and this is not my first unwinnable war.”

“All this, all of this love we're talking about, it would just be a memory. Maybe not even a memory. Am I wrong? Am I way off base? Because I want you to set me straight if you think I'm wrong. I want to know. I mean, I don't know anything, and I'm the first one to admit it.”