What we have seen in recent years in the United States is the church's rights to express itself, and to conduct its own affairs, being insidiously eroded.

The schools, the courts, the media - all seem determined to erase Christian influence from public life and confine religion to the four walls of the church or home.

Fortunately, Judge Richey's decision was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, but it is an example of how far the purge of Christian values has gone in America.

Christianity is the only major religion to have at its central event the humiliation of its God.

You see, dear—I think there are two types of people in the world. Those who divide the world up into two kinds of people... and those who don't.

The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.

The Madden Curse has really taken on a life of its own. People just love talking about it, and it is what it is, but I look at it as a challenge

The last couple relationships I had were long distance. It's not like I can make much of an effort to travel and see anybody. The guy had to do all the work, unfortunately.

Memory is a trustworthy servant as long as it is made to serve.

Empty and cold, but it keep me alive. I gave it my soul, so that I could survive.

it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.

We walk alone through this world, but if we're lucky, we have a moment of belonging to something, to someone, that sustains us through a lifetime of loneliness.

I've recorded songs that are prayers in different styles, not just in the traditional gospel style that can help and comfort them. It's the words that matter most.

America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.