She knew that she must sit quietly and patiently and, like her beloved butterflies, eventually he would come to rest.

Writers block occurs when a writer has nothing to say. Unfortunately not all writers experience it.

Nothing is so fundamental to the spiritual life as learning to give thanks.

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

I bent my head over a stove in my early 20s and picked it up in my 30s.

We have at last glimpsed the surface of the fabled world, Titan, Saturn's largest moon and the greatest single expanse of unexplored territory remaining in the Solar System today.

I was always curious. And I always wondered why I had to die to go to Heaven.

Style advice? Always wear clothes... that are... clean, for starters. An added bonus if it is pressed as well. Unless you are wearing clothes that are supposed to look rumpled.

Did you really invent the computer, or am I being pranked right now?

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.

Whatever is my right as a man is also the right of another; and it becomes my duty to guarantee as well as to possess.