We are making gods out of global celebrities.

There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.

No woman has an abortion for fun.

It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

I've got certain responsibilities that I have to carry out in a very specific institution and in a specific moment in time.

But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.

You know what, evolution is a myth. ... Why aren't monkeys still evolving into humans?

To forget someone means to think of him.

some wishes come true. some wishes dont. sometimes you find out you were wishing for the completely wrong thing.

Our outworn economic system dooms millions to frustration.

I once met a man who said he had visited every exotic place from the Grand Canyon to the Great Wall, but when I questioned him closely I discovered he hadn't seen the songbirds in his own backyard.

Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.