All the spookiness comes from giving a contemporary anachronistic sense to terms whose historical meaning is lost to us.
Don't you hear people saying things you can't believe they're saying?
Obsession can be a great thing or it can also destroy lives.
You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you've written. You have to fire yourself, or else you get precious about what you've written. You've got to open up and let the actors in, and re-conceive a lot of things.
Sometimes they [people] throw off their freedom so quickly, you'd think it was burning them.
Prayers are heard in heaven in proportion to our faith. Little faith gets very great mercies, but great faith still greater.
I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral. . . it is a place between heaven and earth.
If there is violence, it will certainly be crushed because violence can only end in a disgraceful rout.