It is not sufficient for artistic expressions to serve as "signposts declaring what it is to be fully human." They should impart a vision of what it can be to become divine.

When God asks a question, it is always rhetorical.

We can read a good spiritual book in search of information or in search of God. We will find only what we're looking for.

If it is true, as God says, that we are as we think, we risk becoming what we most fear if our fear is stronger than our love.

The nature of a true seeker after beauty is to overlook flaws.

Who but the Christian, among the religions of the world and throughout time, worships a God who loves him so much that he died an agonizing and wretched death to pay for his sins?

Judging art is like caging a bird. Instead of seeing it soar, you can only watch it flutter.

Art--music, painting, sculpture, dance, drama--opens doors to our soul, exposing our lives to whom or what we allow to enter.

No one can take credit for inspiration or creativity.

Writers block occurs when a writer has nothing to say. Unfortunately not all writers experience it.

An individual who delights at all in the beauty of language does well to avoid becoming an attorney or a legislator.

Success is the bridge between insanity and credibility.

It is unfair to attribute virtues beyond a person’s true character.

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.

It's a very nice thing to have a baby.

All my life's a circle; Sunrise and sundown; Moon rolls thru the nighttime; Till the daybreak comes around.

The layout of textbooks, I think, has been done with an assumption that students don't read.

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.

The mile has all the elements of a drama.

I want to be like Solomon, and instead of asking for riches ask for wisdom and creativity.

I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.