In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

The power of literature lies in its ability to transport us to other worlds, to make us see the world through the eyes of others.

预测未来的最好方法就是去发明它。

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.