In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.

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

Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.

It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.

A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important.

The truth is there are a million steps, and we don't even know what the steps are, and worse, at any given moment we may not be willing or even able to take them; and still worse, they are different for you and they are always changing. I have come to believe the sooner we will fall in love with the God who keeps shaking things up, keeps changing the path, keeps rocking the boat to test our faith in Him, teaching us to not rely on easy answers, bullet points, magic mantras, or genies in lamps, but rather in His guidance, His existence, His mercy, and His love.