Long before there was Marilyn Manson, long before there was Alice Cooper, way before Ozzy Osbourne, there was Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Of all the ways I had imagined my death, getting beaten by my zombified mentor while trapped by a cannibalistic window handle wasn’t one of them

The 20th century, the author observes, fostered the idea that fulfillment is possible on Earth.

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion.

Live your life like you're exactly who Jesus thinks you are.

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

Misery is the only thing in the world that has no end or edge.

Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day.

I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.

History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victories already won.