Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.

I always assumed that, like my mother before me, one day I would have children. When I was 5, my fantasy was to have a hundred dogs and a hundred kids.

My writing day follows my family's day. I get a good few hours in the mornings when the kids are out of the house. And I don't work at night any more. I like to see my family.