Quotes about Interpretation

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, What does this represent? What does it stand for? They are trying to take everything one level deeper. When they get to that level, they will try to go deeper again.

I would say 90 percent of Christians do not have a worldview, in other words a view of the world, based on the Scripture and a relationship with God.

High malice is almost inherent in the profession of historian.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

The way I define 'intelligent design' is that when people started out, we wanted to make sense of the world we lived in, so we created stories about how things worked.

I don't think that a same-sex marriage is the way God intended it to be.

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

What Christ gives us is quite explicit if his own words are interpreted according to their Aramaic meaning. The expression 'This is my Body' means this is myself.

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

All artist of some measure contemplative.

The Bible stands as the supreme Constitution for all mankind, its laws applying equally to all who live under its domain, without exception or special interpretation.

The Bible will always be the center of controversy.