I just think I'm fairly aggressive.

But perhaps this is what goes wrong with long marriages--you state your opinions, your likes and dislikes, at the beginning and then forget to mention when they change" (135).

I don't want to give a cool appraisal of Jeremy Irons. I just want to boil him in oil.

The best interviews like the best biographies should sing the strangeness and variety of the human race.

I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.

What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have.

I generally give the title-page a fair chance, " Roger said. "Once can't always judge books merely by the cover.

Toads are to dragons what carrots are to unicorns.

Understanding is important for studying, knowledge is important for teaching, and wisdom is important for living.

People cannot live by lending money to one another.

It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.

If I see a door ajar, I push on it to see how far it will open, and if it opens wide I go through it.

Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive

The Impersonal God seen through the mists of sense is personal.

He's right on top of us. I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using.

Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.