“The Old Testament is actually pretty raunchy. You might enjoy it.”
“You know, the New Testament is pretty old. I think they should call them the Old Testament and the Most Recent Testament.”
“They [Old Testament] taught me about Life with God: not how it is supposed to work, but how it actually does work.”
“Even if you never, ever ride the bike it will still age. So you might as well ride it while it's pretty and enjoy the process of making it ugly.”
“But if you find yourself thinking in the future, if you find yourself actually anticipating the activity-'When can I do this again?'-it is a pretty good sign that you are enjoying it and that one of your talents is in play.”
“You should approach Joyce's Ulysses as the illiterate Baptist preacher approaches the Old Testament: with faith.”