"Among the social sciences, economists are the snobs. Economics, with its numbers and graphs and curves, at least has the coloration and paraphernalia of a hard science. It's not just putting on sandals and trekking out to take notes on some tribe."

“It is a pity that many Christians have the TV schedule better memorized than a single chapter for God's precious Word.”

“Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.”

“I decided as usual that justice lay in the middle - that is to say nowhere.”

Source : Antonia Fraser (1977). “Quiet as a Nun”

“That’s the way we see life: your community is your survival. And if you live in a small community like this, even the people you hate you have as friends.”

“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.”

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

“I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.”

Source : Charles Mingus' statement to Nat Hentoff as quoted in Anthony Fawcett "California Rock, California Sound: The Music of Los Angeles and Southern California" (p. 56), 1979, and in "Jazz: Beyond Time and Nations" in Nat Hentoff "The Nat Hentoff Reader" (p. 99), October 17, 2001.

“The highest praise a writer can give another is to say he wishes he had written his book. I wish I had written Forty Words for Sorrow. Giles Blunt has a tremendous talent. If you miss Forty Words for Sorrow, you'll miss one of best novels of 2001.”