It felt good, the whole family together on a sunny morning in a wholesome environment. If it hadn't been for the warshiping God part, he would have happily attended church on a regular basis.

My novels are certainly more exciting than my own life.

My wife and I left New York when she got pregnant - we just thought it would be really hard to stay in the city.

I was a garbage man in New Jersey in summers during college at Yale. Everybody else got to go to Switzerland and I got to go to the dump.

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.

I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.