As we watched the soldiers and the Rambo disappear I remember feeling preternaturally calm. This is what deep, deep fear does to you. It turns you into a state of unfeeling.

Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

A Prayer was like a tickle.Sooner or later God would have to look down to see what was tickling his bum.

I could have run after him. I could have asked politely for some clarification. But I didn’t I knew what I preferred, and that was—I didn’t want to know. Rather, I wanted to believe.

Stories have a job to do. They can't just lie around like lazybone dogs. They have to teach you something.

When we tell our stories, the gods hear our sorrows.

Old. A viable die-able age.

Labour is the purgatory of the erring.

Marriage is not common in Sweden.

As Christ is the blossom of humanity, so the blossom of every man is Christ perfected in him.

What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

When I was 49, I posed for Playboy - I was very flattered to be asked. I was quite honoured, really, considering that most of the models they feature are in their twenties.

What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was Hee Haw, was 360 degrees of entertainment.

Nature will not forgive those who fail to fulfill the law of their being. The law of human beings is wisdom and goodness, not unlimited acquisition.

The one thing I like about the religion is, I'm never at a loss to do something. No matter what happens in my life, there is something for me to do so I don't feel as though I have lost control.