[Nathan] wasn't blindly obsessed with a possession. He wasn't crazy. He was a hero--a father who'd risked his life to rescue his son.

We are all theologians, either good ones or bad ones. I'd rather be a good one. Wouldn't you?

Father to teenage son: "My relationship with you is more important than anything I've got to say to you.

She was home (in Heaven). She was with the Person she was made for, in the place that was made for her.

Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.

it's my responsibility to cultivate the man in my son. I can't be passive about that.

I'm a kindhearted but highly competitive pragmatist. When I seek to win something, I always make certain it's never at the expense of anything more serious than the inadequate efforts of others.

I have different routines for different types of chaos. When I find myself swamped with work and surrounded by people, I try to carve out time to walk my dog alone so I can organize my thoughts.

Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet.

From nine on I was forced to camp every summer. Not a volunteer. I played with the wrong kids so they made me go to camp to straighten me out.

Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.

I wanted it to provide an escape route, I wanted to make pictures that were fantastic and took you into another world, one that was brighter. I started off with this idea.

We depend on nature. Now, nature's depending on us.

There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.

Man proposes, woman forecloses.