Boredom comes not from reality but from people who are only half alive.

The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it.

Beauty is necessarily shrouded in mystery--which is part of its splendour.

Creation is a book proclaiming the Creator. It is a book of beauty that our intellect reads, but through the passageways of our five senses.

The main problem in developing a deep prayer life is by far the failure to live the radicality of the Gospel, hour by hour and day by day.

It is the saints who know what being in love is all about. Earthly love pales by comparison.

Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good thief's salvation.

No. Now, shut up and eat your pears.

I have written until I fell asleep with my computer on my lap. That can't be normal.

Nature needs no help, just no interference.

There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between.

Make no mistake: When I told Senator Mitchell that I injected Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs, I told the truth.

Whitehead reacted strongly against the idea of God as a cosmic tyrant, one who brings about everything.

We decided to focus on women because no one was singling them out.

I love both my parents dearly.

I spoke to ears that refused to hear.

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.