I don't see myself as experimenting in any conscious way, it's perhaps that certain books require different densities of language.

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.

Astronomy is the science of the harmony of infinite expanse.

It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.

When you commit a serious doping offence you are not eligible for lottery funding.

I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.

To succeed as a lawyer, a man must work like a horse and live like a hermit.

Christianity is part of the law of England.

I'm starting to think you like prisons, " "And that you have the worst taste in men.

Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha.

The cost of living is going up while the chances of living are going down.

Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.

When you have spent too much time with something, you may lose sight of what's marvelous about it.

There is no inborn longing that shall not be fulfilled. I think that is as certain as the forgiveness of sins.

Narrowness is the mother of unbelief. Obtain a broad outlook if you would agree with God in your philosophy and be able to transmit God's own thought into your life.

Two quiet people are not very fun together.

I'm perfectly honest, I've never seen Twilight, I've never seen The Vampire Diaries, and I've never seen True Blood, or anything like that.

In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow.