I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt that I wasn't a member of any particular group.

I love the world the Lord has created; I love the mountains, the rivers, the valleys, the skies. I love the forests, the fields, the flowers. I love the mysteries of evolution and dna and the big bang. I want to know the majesties of the Lord's Creation. I cannot close my eyes to all this. I cannot turn away from science and scientific exploration.

My greatest sin has always been that I have a wonderful time being myself

Cities have distinct personalities. It's a matter of knowing it.

It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colours, a richer resonance to our words. That is, if it doesn't destroy us, if it doesn't burn away the optimism and the spirit, the capacity for visions, and the respect for simple yet indispensable things.

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

I think all of us ordinary mortals tend to mythologize people as good-looking as you.