I have become an enthusiast for the printed word again. I have to be that, I now understand, because I want to be a character in all of my works. I can do that in print. In a movie, somehow, the author always vanishes.
I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
I've got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it ...
I want you to adore the Universe, to be easily delighted, but to be prompt as well with impatience with those artists who offend your own deep notions of what the Universe is or should be. ‘This above all ...’
Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end, And our God will take things back that He to us did lend. And if, on that sad day, you want to scold our God, Why just go ahead and scold Him. He'll just smile and nod.
I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That's it. I'm doing exactly what I want.
What I’ve learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you’ll find that you put the time in. You won’t just ask somebody if it’s a good idea, you’ll go figure out if it’s a good idea.
If you want to drive the devil out of the world, hit him with a cradle instead of a crutch
Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do.
I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.