 God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing. |
| A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments. |
| Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body. |
| I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain. |
| The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer. |
| For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity. |
| Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too. |
| Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress. |
| It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything. |
