I play guitar... I like to say that I'm pretty good, but it takes someone else to tell you that you're really good.

Jeremy Renner is an incredible actor.

I never realized before that taking care of someone makes you love them more than when they take care of you.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

Since war itself is the most extreme form of terrorism, a war on terrorism is profoundly self-contradictory.

There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.

I don't really care how people read. I care if people read.

Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake.

But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny.

When we know about our ancestors, when we sense them as living and as supporting us, then we feel connected to the genetic life-stream, and we draw strength and nourishment from this.

... the novel is called upon like no other art form to incorporate the intellectual content of an age.

Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme.