That's what sofas are for: sit down, drink a cup of tea, talk of literature. At least that's how I see it.

To know your way round a library is to master the whole of culture, i.e. the whole world.

Persecution for Christians is not a possibility, it's a promise, it's not a maybe, it's a surely! Following Jesus can mean finding the trouble you've been looking for!

My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young. I only realized about five years ago that I actually didn’t want to be an actor.

Protecting the biosphere should be our highest priority or else we sicken and die.

Going to Peru is, well, if you ever have an opportunity in your life to go there, you should do it because it is absolutely mind boggling.

I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.

I hate the truth so much that i'd rather have a giant dose of bulls**t anyday

No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

How would you have done things differently if you were not afraid?

We doctors have always been a simple trusting folk. Did we not believe Galen implicitly for 1500 years and Hippocrates for more than 2000?