Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.

If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.

...free will does not mean one will, but many wills conflicting in one man. Freedom cannot be conceived simply.

There may never be anything new to say, but there is always a new way to say it, and since, in art, the way of saying a thing becomes a part of what is said, every work of art is unique and requires fresh attention.

Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you.

The mind serves best when it's anchored in the Word of God. There is no danger then of becoming an intellectual without integrity.

In my travels I am often asked if college stifles young writers. In my opinion, it doesn't stifle them enough.