Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body

The particular human chain we're a part of is central to our individual identity.

You are a guest of nature - behave.

The power of the metaphor is that in a single flash the entire idea is revealed.

I will not be afraid to let my talent shine.

On social welfare the Church does so much good around the world - nuns running schools and homeless shelters, priests ministering to people who are in crisis.

If you win all the time, it's not good for the coaches or the kids.

Myths are the prototype for all stories. When we write a story on our own it can't help but link up with all sorts of myths. Myths are like a reservoir containing every story there is.

Maybe we're all like that with our mothers. They seem ordinary until one day they're extraordinary.

The past isn't real because it's history, and the future isn't because it hasn't happened yet. I like it, it hints at virtual reality, which I think is how we sort of feel about life sometimes.

I always watch the work I do.

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.