If it's bad art, it's bad religion, no matter how pious the subject.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally...

The particles that are the very building blocks of all things, are in all possible locations until observation/measurement causes them to choose a specific position.

Fear is the start of wisdom.

Beauty, I believe, comes from God; therefore, there can be no beauty without goodness.

Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.

Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget.

Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away

I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels!

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove.