Some people live life asking for forgiveness instead of permission.

I feel fresh.

I thought and pondered -- vainly. I felt that blank incapability of invention which is the greatest misery of authorship, when dull Nothing replies to our anxious invocations,

I have nothing against Dylan O'Brien! He's one of my favorite people. I have so much respect for him and his work.

As I see it, my job as a writer isn't to judge, but to take a reader as far inside as I can and let them dwell there.

Arguments are often like melodramas - they have a predictable beginning, middle, and end.

Often the work of the Lord itself may be a temptation to keep us from that communion with Him which is so essential to the benefit of our own souls.

...Hope endures and overcomes misfortune and evil.

Constantly having to think about money is not nice. People used to say, 'Being rich doesn't make you happy'. And I'd think, 'I've got no electricity, nothing - tell that to my empty fridge'.

Governing was always difficult for conservatives, but as they return to the opposition, they are rediscovering their skill at blame evasion.

Democracy is an awful way to run a country, but it's the best system we have.