Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, Hey man, I love you this many dollars-worth.

He who retreats lives longer.

The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my books. That is how writing as a profession continues: readers becomes writers who inspire new readers.

And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

What the guys have learned is that whether you're preaching to one or 10,000, it really doesn't matter. That one person you touch may change the nation - could be the Billy Graham of Ethiopia.

They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!

"What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?" she asked. "To believe that your children will be just like you."