People of this teenager's age are on the brink of adulthood and have to be allowed a greater degree of responsibility. A consequence of this is a decrease in parental responsibility. Therefore to have criminal responsibility for what you don't know about seems rather extreme.

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.

The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.

We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.