I wouldn't say the world is my parish, but my readers are my parish. And especially the readers that write to me. They're my parish. And it's a responsibility that I enjoy.

Everyone takes surveys. Whoever makes a statement about human behavior has engaged in a survey of some sort.

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.

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

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.

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear?