I'm not afraid of being dead. I'm just afraid of what you might have to go through to get there.

Our psychological and spiritual vigilance is very important during a time of persecution

Hello? Do you see me? I'm working as creatively as possible and you want more and more and I'm out of juice and if you send me one more email I'm going to walk into the ocean and swallow water.

Some days you tame the tiger. And some days the tiger has you for lunch.

When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

The temerity to believe in nothing.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

If you believe in the Bible, you've got to do business with it and not just screen it out.

You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.

I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.