Do we have to confess our loves to everyone?" asked Thorne softly. "Can we not keep some secrets?

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

I believe in the Biblical documents supporting Jesus. But I have no illusions about them. I think they contain many flaws, scribal errors, and so forth and they are only partial or fragmentary.

My body is no schoolboy.

My faith in Christ is central to my life. My conversion from a pessimistic atheist lost in a world I didn't understand, to an optimistic believer in a universe created and sustained by a loving God is crucial to me. But following Christ does not mean following His followers. Christ is infinitely more important than Christianity and always will be, no matter what Christianity is, has been, or might become.

We're frightened of what makes us different.

When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.