I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.

To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.

Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

Homophobia: the fear that another man will treat you like you treat women.

Don't fool yourself that you're blogging when you're really just putting stuff up online.

The important things are not worth knowing because they are useful. They are worth knowing because they are true.

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, "Then there's no hope for me, Mum."

I think of these imperial adventures like welfare programs; you start them with all good intentions, they never end, they go on forever and get more expensive as they go on.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.

A genius is a grownup that remained a kid.

The Lord is close to those whose hearts are breaking.

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.

Life is with such all beer and skittles. They are not difficult to please About their victuals.

I'll never go. How can I? How far would I get without my heart?

I'm interested in the poetry of reality.

Leadership does not mean being bossy, always telling others what to do. No, leadership means going ahead, not putting others in the front. Good leaders lead by example, not by decree.

On the first night it was on telly, Channel 4 had 17 complaints.