Primarily I am a passionately religious man, and my novels must be written from the depth of my religious experience.

Let me be candid, my party is full of racists

Let's go to Valhalla with the sun on our faces.

All artists are constantly looking for something and they don't always know what.

This is my genre...the happiness, tragedies, and the sorrows of mankind as realized in the teeming black ghetto.

And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God.

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

I would describe my work as expressionist. The expressionist point of view is stressing your own feelings about something.

To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are.

If I don't have anything to do all day, I might not even put my pants on.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

The utmost form of respect is to give sincerely of your presence.

Your spirit is strong enough to survive any situation.

I hate TiVo, I hate DVRs. I do not get them.

Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.

Women have no wilderness in them They are provident instead Content in the tight hot cell of their hearts To eat dusty bread.

Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.

there is nothing more American than the trade-union movement.

Most of my schooldays were the worst day of my life.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.