“At a certain point, I just felt, you know, God is not looking for alms, God is looking for action.”

“The God I believe in isn't short on cash, mister.”

“God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.”

“... But the one thing we can all agree -- all faiths, all ideologies -- is that God is with the vulnerable and poor. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the silence of a mother who has infected her child with a virus that will end both their lives. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunity and lives, and God is with us if we are with them.”

“There's a point where you find yourself tiptoeing as an artist, and then you know that you're in the wrong place.”

“Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Find out what God's doing. It's already blessed.”

“Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.”