Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.

I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

If you do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something else.

Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.

Everything is in the way the material is composed.

The Christ of Bethlehem is the Christ of Galilee, is the Christ of the Crucifixion, is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ of the Eucharist

Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary.

Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning.

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.

Are we to have a church in which everyone's judgment is equal to everyone else's? That's not a church, it's chaos. Common sense dictates that you keep the fox out of the chicken coop.

It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.

Just because you can't read doesn't make you dumb. It just means you haven't learned yet.

The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your gains. Any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your losses.

There are a lot of things I'm proud of, but the proudest have yet to come.

If more women would watch women's sports on TV it would urge [TV] executives to put more on.

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label.

I feel as though I am shelved. That I have been given the words to the story of my life, but that I have remained largely unread.

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.

Every time I stepped into madness of the crowds, I longed for the wisdom of the loneliness.

Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.

I see you have returned, my love; and your mood is as dark as ever. Did your soldiers not adore you to your complete satisfaction?