Humility and fraternal love are spiritual bedfellows. When we befriend our own brokenness and minister to our wounds with tenderness and compassion, the "other" is no longer an intruder but a fellow sufferer.

Jesus comes not for the super-spiritual but for the wobbly and the weak-kneed who know they don't have it all together, and who are not too proud to accept the handout of amazing grace. As we glance up, we are astonished to find the eyes of Jesus open with wonder, deep with understanding, and gentle with compassion.

God looks at his people as children of a family who are happy that those who have done only a little bit are as much loved as those who accomplish much.

Community as discipline is the effort to create a free and empty space among people where together we can practice true obedience.

He who thinks that he is finished, is finished. How true. Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons.

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

When I sing, I believe. I'm honest. If you want to get an audience with you, there's only one way. You have to reach out to them with total honesty and humility.

We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there.

One night, I knocked out Mr. T, kicked Cyndi Lauper, chased Dick Clark back to his locker room, and slapped Little Richard.

I was a sort of serious little dude - snobby.

Misery and pride. 'On horseback, death and a peacock'.