Quotes about Interpretation

The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.

Logically, taking Scripture seriously means being passionately concerned about interpreting it correctly and thus welcoming any evidence that exposes erroneous understandings of the biblical text. Unfortunately, many zealous Bible students and teachers confuse their favorite interpretations of the Bible with the Bible itself.

Guys that preach verse-by-verse through books of the Bible - that is just cheating. It's cheating because that would be easy, first of all. That isn't how you grow people. No one in the Scripture modeled that.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

I think the definition of 'the greatest racecar driver' is different to everybody.

I have been no more than a medium, as it were.

When you're doing something where you really like the material, it doesn't matter what medium it's in.

Acting is acting, be it any medium.

When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want.

An actor's resource base must be life itself.

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all.