For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.

We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality," but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all.

Procrastination is what we often call 'resistance.

For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all; I think it finally is a matter of love.

The terror drifted over georgetown like the sun over a blind mans eyes

In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth Configuration. But, given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would take for just one of these protein molecules to appear by chance? Roughly 10 to the 243rd power, billions of years; and I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in a god.

I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.