If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind. I have seen it happen.

Every writing teacher gives the subliminal message, every time they teach: 'Your life counts for something.' In no other subject that I know of is that message given.

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.

If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.'

If you're going to believe in God, if you're going to take that leap of faith, as I do, then the God that seems the most comprehensible to me would be the God who set us spinning and said 'Good luck.'

I think the administration hasn't got a clear comprehensive picture about how all these parts are tied together. You have to have a workforce to provide the care. Just having an edifice or the organization isn't enough.