Had any parent ever succeeded in hiding marital unhappiness from their child?

The most fun thing about being a writer is that everything is interesting.

People don't so much believe in God as that they choose not to believe in nothing.

Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.

Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.

Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

The world is chock-full of monsters.

Battles are won in the Prayer Room!

The life you have built around you is a reflection of what is within you. If you don't like what you see, go inside.

Things so seldom go exactly the way we plan.

Think before you speak…… think before you don’t.

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

Satan can't keep God from answering our prayers, but he will keep us from asking.

Conversation on the page should reflect what the story is about. It doesn't have to be "realistic" in the sense that it's something you heard and plugged into a story.

The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom.

I think anybody who has had a long relationship and has had a really hard time letting go, wants to feel like it's not all for naught, and it's meaningful, because it makes you who you are.

My wife is amazing. She had to know she was getting into a heap of trouble when we met.