@The integration point is God himself@

In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.

Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language and thought-forms of that setting.

As my son Frankie put it, Humanism has changed the Twenty-third Psalm: They began - I am my shepherd. Then - Sheep are my shepherd. Then - Everything is my shepherd. Finally - Nothing is my shepherd.

The Christian in the one whose imagination should fly beyond the stars.

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.

In God's world the individual counts. Therefore, Christian art should deal with the individual.

How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an artist by setting out to make a work of art.

Christian art today should be twentieth-century art.

We may not play with the new theology even if we may think we can turn it to our advantage.

Satan] invades the Sunday school, the Bible class, and even the pulpit. He even invades the church under cover of an orthodox vocabulary, emptying sacred terms of their biblical sense.

Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.

People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.

I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.

Psychological knowledge has made us dull.

It is not up to the senators to determine whether an NGO is bogus or not

Twitter is not art. But it inspires me in the way that art used to inspire me.

I need some me-time. I have to remember to rest, because I have a natural energy and I don't want to burn out.

Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident about the material.

I've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament