I meet a number of people as a writer of fiction who say "Oh, I don't read much fiction," as if the history of the United States, just as an example, isn't an exercise in storytelling and myth-making.

Religion is more than rite and ritual.

I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.

Words are cold, muddy toads trying to understand sprites dancing in a field-but they're all we have.

If you take two steps towards God,' he used to tell me, 'God runs to you!

Christianity is a religion in a rush. Look at the world created in seven says. Even on a symbolic lovel, that's creation in frenzy.

Time is an illusion that makes us all pant.