Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
“Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascinated more by her defects - they are funnier than her other qualities.”
“The real problem that I think those of us who are evangelicals and Democrats have to face up to is that the political right controls the religious media.”