I didn't know how story worked. So, when writing the screenplay, people introduced me to the science of it. And I'm grateful. I'll probably use that information for the rest of my career, in terms of writing novels or writing stories. And then, of course, to help me live a better story, a more meaningful story

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

I took William Zinsser's advice that you write to yourself and you hope that there are people out there who are like you.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when you have a redemptive perspective.

True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.

When we think too much about the opinions of others, we are letting them edit a book God has written.

All my books have been titled based on a piece of the prose from inside the book.