"I was born in Belgium and moved to Amsterdam when I was 17. I am not a Calvinist Dutchman but a Catholic Belgian. I think that makes a big difference."

“When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice.”

Source : "Serby’s Sunday Q&A with … Tyson Chandler". Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. December 18, 2011.

“Art is for [the Irish] inseparable from artifice: of that, the theatre is the home. Possibly, it was England made me a novelist.”

“Words inscribe a text in the same way that a walk inscribes space.”

“Forgiveness isn't about letting the other person off the hook - it's about releasing ourselves.”

“If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.”

“Love makes mutes of those who habitually speak most fluently.”

“My faith instills in me a deep sense of humility and gratitude, reminding me how often I fall short and how much I need the savior, and how thankful I am that God has done for us what we could not do for ourselves.”

Source : Karen Hughes (2004). “Ten Minutes from Normal”, p.341, Penguin

“Physiologically less violent and psychologically more suitable to a concrete type of mind.”