I feel better in my mind because I'm doing what God made me to do. He said, 'Go write books, Steve, and you'll be happy.' I'm happy now, and that has had an effect on my life and my relationship with my wife and kids and even my friends. I've always wanted to be a writer.

Grammar is...the pole you grab to get your thoughts up on their feet and walking.

...for the first time in my life, writing was hard. The problem was the teaching...by most Friday afternoons I felt as if I'd spent the week with jumper cables clamped to my brain.

Pain is the biggest power of love.

The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

Silent white light filled the world. And the righteous and unrighteous alike were consumed in that holy fire.

Whenever anything important happens in America, they have to gold-plate it, like baby shoes. That way you can forget it.