Of his new book, Don says: “It might be the greatest book ever written. I don’t think anybody is going to read a book again after they read my new one. I think God is proud of me. I am going to make a killing off this thing and I’m going to use the money to go to space.

Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.

The economy is turning around, so that's going to help a little bit.

Your life is a blank page. You write on it.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

You never question the truth of something until you have to explain it to a skeptic.

We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to your imperfections.