Some people think prayer is telling God what to do. I don't think that's the case.

I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to be all that each of us has the capacity to be.

The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.

I think one of the things we've got to look out for is human beings claiming that they know how God operates.

The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

Was Judas Iscariot a figure of history? I do not think so. There is no mention of him in any source before the 8th decade.

All religion seems to need to prove that it's the only truth. And that's where it turns demonic. Because that's when you get religious wars and persecutions and burning heretics at the stake.

I don't want a God that would go around killing people's little girls. Neither do I want a God who would kill his own son.

I prepare for death by living.

You can't have a world where 50 percent of the people are dieting and 50 percent of the people are starving if you want stability.

We are often more a piece of work than a work of art.

Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.

When five up express, as is polite, regret at laying a stymie, but rejoice in your heart.

The idea that the world can unite without being regulated is clearly an illusion.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

My favourite city is Miami. It's very fresh and the beach is sunny.

My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.

I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.

Mental inertia is death.

What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent?