You challenge me to be a better person. And no one else does that, except maybe my mother.

You can't be perfect. No one is. That's why we need God.

And the only hope-perhaps the real hope he'd been missing all along-was found in God.

You're safe now.

Her face a mask of fury and determination.

But she'd learned instead to hope in the one Beacon that would always be there, no matter what darkness came her way.

The purity of intention repels fear.

A dog doesn't care if your rich or poor, smart or dumb. Give him your heart.. and he'll give you his.

Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space.

Just kissing? How quickly you dismiss our love.

See him, the gentle Bible beast, / With lacquered hoofs and curling mane, / His wondering journey from the East / Half done, between the rock and plain.

I didn't see a ton of movies growing up.

I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.

The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"

I never watch the Dinah Shore show- I'm a diabetic.

I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind of thing.