If I use the Bible to prove I am right, I have yet to be humbled by the beautiful truths of the Bible.

It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.

When we talk about the decline of the American family, I think we have to go back to the Industrial Revolution.

We have to have positive male role models.

But the people who took the bus didn't experience the city as we experienced the city. The pain made the city more beautiful. The story made us different characters than we would have been if we had skipped the story and showed up at the ending an easier way.

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

People who live great stories know failure isn’t a judgment, it’s an education.