I always say I became the musician that I wanted and needed.

I would say that the whole way that I have approached the body is as a space, not a thing - not an object to be improved, idealised or whatever, but simply to be dwelt in.

No, I care more about what God knows than what man says.

There's comedy even in tragedy. There's comedy in life. And in 'Castle', we go for that comedy.

I have to change. It's like a curse.

I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

Life is very difficult. One of the most ancient of religious ideas that emerges everywhere, I would say, is that life is essentially suffering.

I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

Graham may have wanted integration, but instead, he promoted gradualism and provided absolution for racists hiding behind a Christianity attuned not only to Jesus but also focused on regulating behavior and black bodies.