Don't be afraid..." We need this reassurance. Even for those of us who believe implicitly in angels, to be confronted by one is an awesome thing."

Unlearning is the choice, conscious or unconscious, of any real artist. And it is the true sign of maturity.

I don't understand it any more than you do, but one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.

To refuse to respond is in itself a response.

As I listen to the silence, I learn that my feelings about art and my feelings about the Creator of the Universe are inseparable. To try to talk about art and about Christianity is for me one and the same thing, and it means attempting to share the meaning of my life, what gives it, for me, its tragedy and its glory.

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like.

We live by revelations, as Christians, as artists, which means we must be careful never to get set into rigid molds. The minute we begin to think we know all the answers, we forget all the questions and we become like the pharisee who listed all his considerable virtues, and thanked God that he was not like other men.