Charlotte looked up doubtfully, wondering why, as she got older, she seemed to be more afraid of things, not less.

Yes, there is no good pretending, it is hard to leave everything.

I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.

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

There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.

I'm writing a memoir. I'm four pages in. I start with my first memory, which is kicking my uncle in the balls. I was four.

Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!

An empty throne always tempts me.

Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations.

I wasn't a very good waitress, always spilling things on people and forgetting things. I once spilled ashes all over Mike Wallace's table.

No wreaths please - especially no hothouse flowers. Some common memento is better, something he prized and is known by: his old clothes - a few books perhaps.