"Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves."

"The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's."

"I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out."

"A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings."

"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form."

"I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff."

"I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.'"

"Poetry is like a bird, it ignores all frontiers."