There's a strong aspect of Buddhism which is geared towards ending all fertility.

I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.

My favourite tea is lapsang souchong.

I'm more a dog person than a cat person.

I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry.

I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos.

I've never been baptised.

[My muse] is, in fact, a woman of the world, and precisely because of this, hopes that a diversity of cultures will endure, and that one bland monoculture does not swamp everything.

If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us.

If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than denying it, as some aspects of Buddhism seem to.

Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old Testament' that I don't especially like.

You are so civilized. So polite. So brave coming here alone when you know no one here would dare to touch you. So easy to be all those things, when all the power is on your side.

It is so important for people at a young age to be invited to embrace classical music and opera.

Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called 'the Church.'

Style is doing things not in any way but in the best way.

Crises are challenges, not calamities.

It is not possible to achieve by vigilance in anger and revenge what the soul is longing for. The soul longs for peace.

You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.

... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room

There's pressure, but that's true no matter who you are or what you do.

In public worship all should join. The little strings go to make up a concert, as well as the great.