Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

It's fun to tease people about where fiction and life intersect.

Everything that comes to us is a blessing or a test. That’s all you need to know in this life…just the certainty that God’s got His eye on you, that He knows what you are made of, what you need to grow on. Why,questioning’s a sin, it’s pointless. He will show you your path in His own good time. And long as I remember that, I’m fine.

What's the best thing you can do for your writing? Construct a boring life.

I claimed myself and remade my life.

I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.