Search for the perfect church if you will; when you find it, join it, and realize that on that day it becomes something less than perfect.

My songs will pass and be forgotten. What counts, however, is that I sang them.

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.

Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love?

God draws straight with crooked lines.

Priest organizations around the country, both local and national, should realize that their membership has a serious image problem and undertake programs to improve it.