One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

A healthy human environment is one in which we try to make sense of our limits, of the accidents that can always befall us and the passage of time which inexorably changes us.

The past is what the present is doing now.

Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of the things you will do as a bishop is disappoint people'.

How do we live in a way that shows an understanding that we genuinely live in a shared world, not one that simply belongs to us?

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.

I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Trust your heart, and the answer will always become clear.

In troubled times, one wishes for a sound sleep more than usual, but on the contrary, realizing its amplified importance, sleep smugly impedes all attempts to woo it.

The moment you feel you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly walk away.

When we're in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose.

The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes it fails and something else succeeds.

My film is very simple: An Eastern European story full of black humor about things everyone can feel and understand.

Each time you write something, part of you grows. You're training your artistic muscles to find your voice.

The only thing I don't doubt is my doubt.

I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.