There is always more we can do in ministry, but God is not asking 'Can you do more?'. He is asking 'Do you love me?' Some of those extras are not always as vital as we think them to be.

I stood on the outside of disaster, looking in.

On Virtue - Goodness is its own reward. It has to be

Sometimes you need to be alone in order to reflect on life. Take time out to take care of yourself. You deserve it.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated.

I want to protect and preserve social security and Medicare.

In Quiet Dell, Phillips mesmerizingly spins together fact and fiction, vividly imagining the circumstances leading to their deaths, and sets a young female reporter on the case to solve it.

She really did like me, the idiot.

I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.

I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.