Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

Life without risk is not worth living.

It's not that [writers] are pompous jerks. We are insecure. We feel like we're fading away in this vast sea of scriveners.

Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.

Most people can do nothing at all well

Between the ages of 30 and 40 was the time when both my spirit and body were young and powerful and I could do anything!

I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records.

I choose to open my arms to all the good that life has in store for me.

Your dollar cheeseburger isn't a dollar if you factor in what it's going to cost in health care.

I thought it might be a cool thing [food show] to do when I retired a few years later. Then retirement came slightly prematurely.

The Golden Globes are always fun because everyone's drinking.