I really believe that fiction functions best when stories are allowed to develop in an organic way, so I didn't set out to deliver a specific message.

I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I hope that people continue to read books, even though we have so many other options for entertainment.

To be a good editor or a good writer, I think you really need to be a great reader first.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.

We were a different kind of Christian, the quiet, reasonable kind, a breed embarrassed by the mention of miracles.

An editor is like a professional reader, and as I became a better reader, I also became a better writer.