Muriel Spark

I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

I used to think it a pity that her mother rather than she had not thought of birth control.

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's their order of importance.