Give me a Sunday morning, that's full of grace, A simple life and I'll be okay, here in small town U.S.A.

I'm kicking myself in the rear end every day, saying, 'Did I really book this many shows? What am I doing?'

The desire of the people should be the major instrument used to draw them closer to God

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

There ought to be three traditions in the art of humanity: the realistic, the visionary and the wild.

I don't think you can represent the country properly if you're not a healthy person.

The instant they say something you don't expect or already know, you should drop into detective mode.

To my astonishment, when Wolf Hall came out, people asked if I made it up - [Thomas More] burning of heretics. It was well documented. And he was proud of it! The Brits love lost causes.

When you lack cohesion, it becomes difficult to have a clear marketing strategy.

Over the years, I developed a theory about why writers are such procrastinators: We were too good in English class. This sounds crazy, but hear me out.

There was a fence and there was this other van- So I go, 'Fence or van? Cause I'm crashing into one of them,' and I said 'Fence,' so I hit the fence and bounced into the van

We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion.