Once we have seen Him in a stable, we can never be sure where He will appear or to what lengths he will go or to what ludicrous depths of self-humiliation He will descend in His wild pursuit of men.

Hang yourself brave Crillon. We fought at Arques and you were not there.

I shall never come personally to terms with the Christian lie.

I feel sorry for James Blunt, he has to wake up every morning and think 'Oh my God, I'm James Blunt, what have I done?'

I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just say, "Well, this is how I make a living, and I need to become a very good craftsman."

Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.

The heavenly light you admire is fossil-light, it's the unfathomably distant past you gaze into, stars long extinct

Long life is denied us; therefore let us do something to show that we have lived.

Jesus never said anything about homosexuality.

I would like marriage to disappear completely from the world, and with marriage, divorce will disappear.

Tales of heroes end in bliss.