Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

Shearwater sighed, like a whale in the night.

Ladies, being able to submit to your future husband requires a deeper trust in God who created him.

People aren't really afraid of my views. They are just afraid of the word 'nationalism.'

A big lie is more plausible than truth.

People are entirely too disbelieving of coincidence.

The best visual book I can think of is Lynda Barry's What It Is, but although I refer to it all the time it's not a creative writing book per se.

Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition.

It's always an honor and a scary experience to sing new music.

I pray for miracles. I have always found prayer to bring quick results.

Revival is an infusion of new spiritual life imparted by the Holy Spirit to existing parts of Christ's body.

I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity which I try and avoid.