The noble calling to rule and subdue the earth in God’s name was perverted, as male and female tried to rule and subdue each other.

Jesus won the war, and the rest of history is simply mopping up.

A woman’s mission centered on home and family — vital spheres of ministry to be sure, but only a slice of the vast mission God originally cast by calling women to rule and subdue the earth.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

We have our stories, and we speak of them, and weave them into other people's stories - that's how it goes, does it not?

I smile. I smile all the time, but you're just not around to see it these days".

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

My niece is - her name is Sasha, is currently learning Russian at Melbourne University and I look forward to the day when I can talk to her about Pushkin.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

I see 30 to 40 gallery shows a week, and no matter what kind of mood I'm in, no matter how bad the art is, I almost always feel better afterward. I can learn as much from bad art as from good.

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.

For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice.

I like producing but acting is the quintessential me, and I'm probably better at that than I am at anything. My heart has always been in the movies.