I realized that this was the big secret of democracy -- that change can occur by starting off with just a few people doing something.

My favorite travel pastime is writing music, either with my guitar or on my computer.

Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?

Oh invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, o world unknowable, we know thee.

The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed.

Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.

Mixing humour and harsh reality is a very human behaviour, it's the way people stay sane in their daily lives.

People are hungry for God. What [a] terrible meeting [it] would be with our neighbour if we give them only ourselves.

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.

God is behind everything, but everything hides God.

No one like crying, but tears water our souls. So, perhaps my thanks should be to allow you to cry for the Chinese women in my books.