Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course thats where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen. – Julia Sweeney
To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. Im adding up the evidence on either side, and Im seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God. – Julia Sweeney
I think one of the basic tasks in life – one of the nice things we can do for each other – is to take things that are horrible and scary and make them acceptable and less frightening and, if possible, funny. It feels great to succeed at that. – Julia Sweeney
My Botswana books are positive, and Ive never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the country. And I think that that is perfectly defensible given that there is so much written about Africa which is entirely negative. – Alexander McCall Smith