I don't write anything that I haven't lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.

To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you're always trying to understand character and motives.

To find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear his voice, you must listen with all your heart. To love him, you must love with all your heart. You cannot be the person God meant you to be, and you cannot live the life he meant you to live, unless you live from the heart.

You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.

The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.