I grew up in church and it's always been important to me. I've always had a sense of calling to do life and faith-affirming media.

"His words moved people closer to God." I'd be happy if that's what people said about me at the end of the day. It's always been my calling.

I was a writer since I was a little kid. It just always sort of fit for me.

I'm not Michelangelo but I would like to be that. I'll never be him but I'm trying to strive to do that in my work.

My work is never perfect. It always can be better but I just believe that we need to achieve a really high level of excellence. I don't believe in the "Good Enough" principle as a Christian.

When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30.

God makes all things good; Man meddles with 'em and they become evil.

The world is such-and-such or so-and-so only because we tell ourselves that that is the way it is.

Blanket statements are always stupid. NO EXCEPTIONS!

When you start you're trying to achieve staying alive and getting home. If you can do both of those, then you stand a chance of breaking the record.

Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety.

If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host.

It looks easy, like surfing, but surfing is hard too.

The European Union has lost virtually all of its credibility amongst large swaths of the European population.

We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.