Poetry": What kind of art assumes the dislike of its audience and what kind of artist aligns herself with that dislike, even encourages it? An art hated from without and within.

The fatal problem with poetry: poems.

God doesn't work on our timetable. He has a plan that He will execute perfectly and for the highest, greatest good of all, and for His ultimate glory.

Religious fanaticism is the most dangerous form of insanity.

They [the founders] proclaimed to all the world the revolutionary doctrine of the divine rights of the common man. That doctrine has ever since been the heart of the American faith.

If there wasn't any competition, I'd be very worried, because it would mean we were not doing very well.

Religions are the cradles of despotism.

I'm clear that we do need to improve what's happening in our schools.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff.

When you play music, you don't need a language. Music is a language.

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.