I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

When the trees and the power lines crashed around you, when the very roof gave way above you, when the light turned to darkness and water turned to dust, did you call on Him? When you called on Him, was He somewhere up there, or was He as near as your very breath?

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

...weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little.

My life is extremely full and wretchedly busy, and I feel that while my life drains energy from my work, my work in turn drains energy from my life. The result is, I am always playing catch-up spiritually. That is my thorn.

The dark book has been terribly popular. Dark characters, dysfunction, and all sorts of things from reality that are true in our world.