As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.
They [Narnia] are, perhaps, the greatest classics of children’s literature of the twentieth century.
There are 3 kinds of magic in our world. The peddling little magician magic like Uncle Andrew in 'The Magicians Newphew' where people mess around with things they don't understand. It's movie magic. Then there is the magic of the evil side of things. The demonic forces. And that's not really magic. . . it's corruption of what really exists. And then finally there is the magic of the Holy Spirit of God which is the creation and maintenence of the universe. We don't understand it. . . and we haven't the faintest idea how He does it. But it's real. That's the deep magic.
I have a great deal of respect for Mark Gordon’s work and am confident that together we can bring the beauty and magical delight that Narnia engenders in the hearts of those who read the books to the screen in ‘The Silver Chair. ’ I am very much looking forward to diving once more into Narnia, this time with Mark Gordon and his team.
I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear.
If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are we can all be freer. And this is what HeforShe is about. It’s about freedom.
The choices I make - they have to be creative.
You are not mechanics, you are warriors. You have been trained, not to think, but to do.