In the eyes of the Catholic Church, abortion is a tragedy. Our principle objective must be to try and win greater sympathy for that perspective and for the value of human life from its beginnings.

My parents would always trace the sign of the cross on our foreheads before they kissed us goodnight.

The paradox of faith is that when we conform our lives to Christ then we gain our true freedom. And its fruit is profound and lasting happiness.

The only thing that I am ambitious about is to live a good life. Full stop.

The thing I like about acting is being able to lose yourself completely in someone else.

When I began to read as an adult, my first big enthusiasm was Evelyn Waugh. I read almost exclusively novelists of a generation back. I did the Russians, then I started getting more up to date.

Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration.

I struggle with trying to be a good pastor of a large church.

I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

A great body is a gift you give yourself

I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

We continually use stories to hold up as mirrors to ourselves.

It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.