John Scott Quotes
It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.
Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.
I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.
If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.
It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.
To succeed as a lawyer, a man must work like a horse and live like a hermit.
I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.
The union of Church and State is not to make the Church political, but the State religious.
I don't see myself as experimenting in any conscious way, it's perhaps that certain books require different densities of language.
I have a backlog of novels which I would love to be working on and would be working on if I were not obliged to hold down a full time job.
These days - with the decline of the traditional churches - I'm concerned about where we obtain some form of moral direction.
We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.
You look out on the driving range and it looks like snow, but it isn't, it's covered in golf balls.
The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.