There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the night dew.

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

We think we should only go into a country if we can be sure of our return. Jesus never promised that.

It's impossible for us to forecast what's going to happen ten years from now and make a decision today to say what we're going to do.

Two of the many areas of conflict between Judeo-Christian values and leftism concern the separation between the holy and the profane and the separation between humans and animals.

If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy.

There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power.

I've always enjoyed playing live onstage.

David Pietrusza has a gift for making the past both real and dramatically gripping.

I don't do much to keep in trim - I try to walk places instead of driving whenever I can, but I really ought to do more.

A fear is just a lie that you've rehearsed so many times you believe it's true.

A lot of brainless unicorns swaggering about and calling themselves educated just because they can push each other off a horse with a bit of a stick! It makes me tired.