I grew up with another pretty darn good writer: Glenn Frey of the Eagles. We were very good friends, and we kind of studied it together.
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
I'm a good person, I hope. But I'm never as good as I want to be, never as nice as I want to be, never as generous as I want to be.
Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.
I'm not a republican any more. Not so voraciously anyway - I'm not in favour of the concept of monarchy, but I do see the good in it if there's a good person in the role.
Good advice is one of those injuries which a good man ought, if possible, to forgive, but at all events to forget at once.
Gandalf's a good guy, and it's a good part. He says the right things, he believes the right things. An actor can have fun with it.
The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.
I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a good boy... but I'd rather be in Roots than Good Times.
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.
Economies of scale are a good thing. If we didn't have them, we'd still be living in tents and eating buffalo.
Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice.
To understand how quickly we're cooking the planet, we need good data. To have good data, we need good satellites.
I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing.
It is certainly good to have fans but I am always focusing on the next thing and continuing to do good work. Onward and upward.
Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize, it's done.
In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.