I started Storyline after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a New York Times bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.

I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how to manage your time. There's nothing wrong with that.

I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics.

If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.

If you buy the website, maybe you'll do something with it. But so far I haven't; we'll see.

The heart responds to the conflict within a story.

Nobody will listen to you unless they sense that you like them.