So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?

The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely.

I learned not to be so bitterly defeated when my fiction took a beating from editors. I learned in advertising to color in the lines and have my work done on time and to make it the very best it could be.

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.