Just as our taste in lovers is far more revealing than our choice of friends, the object of an artist's obsession can open up doors to their soul that might otherwise remain shut tight.

A muse can be a mirror: a reflection of the artist's desires, anxieties, dreams and needs.

Fashion is, perhaps by necessity, in a world of its own - one that only rarely overlaps with anything resembling real life. This fantasy and exoticism is part of its appeal, of course.

I shall not be afraid of a calamity. God is my defender.

America’s Declaration of Independence speaks of “the pursuit of happiness, ” but nowhere in the Bible are we told to pursue this. Happiness is elusive, and we don’t find it by seeking it.

If giving to the needy makes me sleep every night, then I will do it everyday.

When I write something, I want the best director to direct it. And that's not going to be me.

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.

Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences or become extinct.

A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship.

Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. We are emptying the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers as we fish them dry.

Thank you, God, because I am lucky. Also let's face it, it turns out I'm black. And I'm having a career quite different from lots of people, so I feel doubly lucky.