I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse. Playing cricket is not.

The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked

A lot of us have jobs where we need to give people structure but that is different from controlling.

But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot.

The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person's soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack.

There never was a social change in America without angry people at the heart

I wrote a book called The Taste of New Wine because I couldn't find a book that talked about the reality of the situation and how we were dishonest and afraid.