In Christ we are given the courage and strength to change the world

Love isn't love until you give it away.

Transformation in the world happens when people are healed and start investing in other people.

I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.

I think it all comes down to relationships - how I treat my wife, how I treat my kids, how I treat the guys at the grocery store, all aspects of every day, what I'm involved in.

Friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the Lord of them.

Some of the most powerful times are when we're quiet

Love will fan the flame, and that flame will warm the heart that's waiting.

Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out.

There's a beauty on the inside of you - and it shows on the outside too.

Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary.

Writing is talking to yourself-with the hope of being overheard.

A little bit of one story joins onto an idea from another, and hey presto, . . . not old tales but new ones. Nothing comes from nothing.

Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.

I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.

A hero in one age will be a hero in another.

I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.

I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I'm a bit quirkier than that.

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen.

The Absolute and the Infinite can become this universe only by limitation.

Who cares about everyone? What about me?