Suffering and evil will not have the last word.

Abortion is a worse moral scandal than priests sexually abusing young people.

Sometimes the very learned and clever can be brilliantly foolish, especially when seized by an apparently good cause.

Couples with children who do win a divorce, cause such social havoc that they should have to pay a special divorce tax.

The church is not primarily a political organisation. We're a religious organisation. There's a much greater opportunity.

I want a return to the divorce system based on the fault of one spouse.

But when we sit together, close, ’ said Bernard, ‘we melt into each other with phrases. We are edged with mist. We make an unsubstantial territory.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

As you think and act, so your world becomes.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

My plays tend to be peopled with outsiders in search of clarity.

We haven't the time to take out time.

The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and bad, right and wrong - just a sense of open heart and open mind.

One must have tradition in oneself, to hate it properly.