Indeed, like so many encounters with Jesus in the Gospel stories, we might go to the Bible looking for answers, but we usually come away with more questions.

The Bible is not a book of answers but a library of questions.

The Bible appears to be the most revered book never read.

About two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible "answers all or most of the basic questions of life"—and 28 percent of them admit that they rarely or never read it!

Mercy, how we do so often love to immortalize those despised and forgotten in life.

I may not have riches but I have great life.

Be thankful for all that you have.

You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.

I've pretty much learned I can let that [being black] hinder me if I want to ... or I can fight for different kinds of roles.

You stupefied me. We waxed, Carnivores, late and alight In the beaded winter. All was ominous, luminous.

Wait a minute, words in the prompter, script on my desk, vending machine upstairs out of Funyuns... the writers are back!

It is useful to constantly observe, note, and consider.

Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence;… to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects.

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.