I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

There is no escape if love is not there

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

Man lives in the house of nature. If he destroys the house, he shall be destroyed as well!

Do you think we find Jesus, or does He find us?

No one expected the preacher's daughter to sin, but they sure would love to catch me at it.

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else.

Not only does the liberal paradigm not even come close to agreeing with the social and economic reality on the ground today, worse, it has largely congealed into a political religion. . .

True love, to me, is when she's the first thought that goes through your head when you wake up and the last thought that goes through your head before you go to sleep.

I felt that if others can overcome incredible challenges to be in shape, why would my story be any different?

For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.

In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.