I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist.

Never follow the crowd.

Education shouldn’t be the prison of known knowledge, but it should be the bridge to find the yet unknown universe of knowledge.

I don’t think you can just choose to believe in God. You either do or you don’t, and no matter what camp you’re in, it would take something life-changing to truly lead you into the other one.

You are never giving nor can you ever give enough service.

My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.

We realized what a spot we were in. We had to deliver the goods, or else there wouldn't ever be another chance for women pilots in any part of the service.

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.

The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."

Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.

There is no true life within a false life.