The heart of the Pharisee is within us all, to redefine God's law so it doesn't apply to me anymore. It applies to my neighbor but not to me.

The sin of quick anger is an idol of the heart that is not dying to our own rights.

It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness.

I define sacred-living life by the grace of God.

Some of these questions don't have finite answers, but the questions themselves are important. Don't stop asking, and don't let anybody tell you the questions aren't worth it. They are.

I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz should be someplace else. It's all wonderful, and we should be open to enjoying it all.

If you kill a character people feel sad. That's too easy.

Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

You cut a hole in the building and people can look inside and see the way other people really lived.. it's making space without building it

Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium.

The only real help is self-help. Anything else is just designed to get you to the point where you can help yourself.