Modern society has not rid itself of religion, as it fondly believes; it has merely replaced the historical religions by a host of idolatrous cults struggling for possession of the soul of man.

Ultimately all idolatry is worship of the self projected and objectified: all idolization is self-idolization.

America seems to be at once the most religious and the most secular of all nations.

Hope is the blue skyAlways inviting but always shy. Hope is the flowers of imaginationAlways stimulate our mind for action.

All it takes, is one leap of faith.

There is an invisible world out there, and we are living in it.

we had such tremendous fun and much agony together for some years

Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive.

The real excitement is playing the game.

Some people are upset to see you doing ordinary things. Those people, if they were a celebrity, they would have an entourage.

Hung-up women can't produce anything but mediocre art, and there ain't no room for mediocre art.

There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.

I love books that rhyme. And I love books that are clever and have little lines in them that are meant to amuse the parents who will no doubt be reading the book over and over and over again.