When we pray for the Spirit, we are not praying for an answer; we are praying for God to enter us, to fill us with his presence, his thoughts, and his words.

The Beatitudes, far from being a new set of virtues that further divide the religious haves and have nots, are words of hope and healing to those who have been marginalized.

What we think about God-what we think God is like-will determine the relationship we have with God.

God is more eager to forgive us than we are to be forgiven.

You may not need to try to change. Just wait and it will happen.

Sacrifice was nine tenths of parenting.

Writing novels is not an illness that need be recovered from. It is my work

The most important thing of all was not the poverty of its ess

I'm not a cruel man. I mean, technically I'm not a man at all.

I want Israel to live in peace with its neighbors and in peace with itself.

I think the purpose of deconstruction is to take something apart and see how it works. If you're not going to put it back together again and watch it go, what's the point?

I tend not to get too emotional about things.

I don't even trust myself in my career much less giving somebody else advice.

Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.