The rarest of the good qualities in human beings is courage

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.

The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

The vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind

If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.

Nothing guarantees more the erosion of character than getting something for nothing

Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages

Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.

Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.

I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.

Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find you.

I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.

Feeling more comfortable onstage is something I've worked on - it's really about just being the artist I am.

Good grooming is integral, and impeccable style is a must. If you don't look the part, no one will want to give you time or money.

Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.

... people have founded vast schemes upon a very few words.

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

If you can't get out of bed for long enough, people come and take your bed away

We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.