I stay away from churches in which I feel like I have to pretend I'm a better person than I am. That sort of thing moves my faith backwards.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

For us, the playground of fiction is just as important as reality

And have your mother put my head on a stake? Do you have any notion what that would do to my handsome good looks?

Mathematical Analysis is... the true rational basis of the whole system of our positive knowledge.

Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay.

My wife has a line of fine Indian foods, that's kind of a very successful business. It's an interesting way to see life.

I gave my hero a talent I'd love to have. Who wouldn't want to fly?

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the fans of the music along with having a certain warmth when you walk onstage.

East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.