The operation of the Church is entirely set up for the sinner; which creates much misunderstanding among the smug.” (August 9, 1955)

Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.

There are some of us who have to pay for our faith every step of the way and who have to work out dramatically what it would be like without it and if being without it would be ultimately possible or not.

The reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror.

I feel that discussing story-writing in terms of plot, character, and theme is like trying to describe the expression on a face by saying where the eyes, nose, and mouth are.

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

The fiction writer has to engage in a continual examination of conscience. He has to be aware of the freak in himself.