What I want to do is protect the religious liberties of those who believe that opposing same-sex marriage is part of their faith.
Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.
He talked and talked because he didn't know what to say.
What strikes me most of all in Christian culture, which is supposed to be concerned with the rights of the weakest, is the lack of regard toward animals. Maybe because they're thought to be soulless.
A winter without snow seems depressing, lacking.
While on the level of civil rights many things have changed decisively for the better, on the level of attitudes and mentality there's still a long way to go. On the other hand it's obvious that it's much easier to change a law than to change a way of thinking.
Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an extremely young age, and the children are always the mother's responsibility.
You are an explorer. You understand that every time you go into the studio, you are after something that does not yet exist.
I am a man, and God is hiding from us humans. We are unable to see Him, we can only search for Him
We have arguments [with my father] and we had a lot of arguments in the years when I was at Michigan.
In a world that might say one vote doesn't matter. . . , it does matter because each person is of infinite worth and value to God. . . Your vote is a declaration of importance as a person and a citizen.