There is nothing worse than the ambitions of a talentless person.

I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.

If you do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something else.

Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.

Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.

Everything is in the way the material is composed.

The Christ of Bethlehem is the Christ of Galilee, is the Christ of the Crucifixion, is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ of the Eucharist

Beliefs: Those things we hold to be true despite evidence to the contrary.

Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning.

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.

Are we to have a church in which everyone's judgment is equal to everyone else's? That's not a church, it's chaos. Common sense dictates that you keep the fox out of the chicken coop.

Sometimes the solution of a problem is just the perspective of thinking.

Poetry is like passion--it should not be merely pretty

What you have in hand may be of less essence to knowing and using what you have in hand

God is good and I am always loved.

I like architectural shapes. You can't put any shape on any body, except on the runway. In reality, it has to look and feel flattering.

I'm a TV addict, and I personally really enjoy reality TV.

Sometimes something's got to happen before something is going to happen.

I have been very fortunate in [the entertainment] business, and I am very grateful for that. I wish the same for everyone out there, especially everyone who dares to dream.

Twenty thousand birds moved away from me as one, like a ground-hugging white cloud, clucking softly.

I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of th' infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.