Opposition doesn't prevent the presence of God, it provides an opportunity to prove the presence of God.

If you want to change the direction of your life, change the declaration of your lips

The minute I start being afraid of what people might say is the minute I become useless to God.

The voice you believe will determine the future you experience

Lots of times, our main problem isn't our problem. Our biggest problem is our perspective on our problem.

Love is not words, it's actions, and love isn't feelings, it's a decision.

My joy is not determined by what happens to me, but what Christ is doing in me and through me.

The reason why we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind the scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.

I have nothing to prove, because I am already approved.

When God demands more of you, it's because He sees more IN you

Don't be ashamed to celebrate victories that may seem small to others. Only you and God know what they really cost.

What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence.

The structured form of an outline helps us to keep track of all plot lines in a series, and of course, this diminishes the chance of plot holes for us.

FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

A dog can't think that much about what he's doing, he just does what feels right.

Marriage is the only chance (and it is but a chance) offered to women for escape from this death and how eagerly and how ignorantly it is embraced.

i wish i was away in Ingo far across the briny sea sailing over deepest waters where neither care nore worry trouble me

I'm not an abstractionist... I'm not interested in relationships of colour or form or anything else.

Michael O'Donoghue was a very close friend of mine - very encouraging with my stuff, and really a great guy - but he was a no-kidding difficult person.

Making movies is never going to get better than working on a Coen brothers project.