I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.

The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.

There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

Even the human heart is slightly left of centre.

We are always in the place of beginning; there is no advance in infinity.

The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.

This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature.

Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns.

The bible should be taught so early and so thoroughly that it sinks straight to the bottom of the mind where everything that comes along can settle on it.

It seems clear that the Bible belongs to an area of language in which metaphor is functional, and were we have to surrender precision for flexibility.

He has, like me, a sense of smell. I let him inhale me, then I slip away.

I'm on a diet. It's very strict: all hot dogs. Just sausages, constantly. It's working out - I've gained fifteen pounds!

Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.

Objects of charity are not guests.

You shall love your neighbour With your crooked heart, It says so much about love and brokenness -- it's perfect.

Stupid how the mind will try to distract itself.

My films really have to be a part of a whole body of work that says something to me.

Any time that we have time to take off, we love being home.

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong.

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.