I can't explain 9/11, except the evil of man.

It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

There are three of you. There is the person you think you are. There is the person others think you are. There is the person God knows you are and can be through Christ.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door - if we seek it.

God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.

Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.

God is unchanging in His love. He loves you. He has a plan for your life. Don't let the newspaper headlines frighten you. God is still sovereign; He's still on the throne.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Never doubt in the DARK what God told you in the LIGHT.

I am young, and I am cool, and I want to wear cool clothes!

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

The actual business of writing dialogue is not thought of as a craft.

I see contemporary violence as a kind of sardonic response to the promise of consumer fulfilment in America.

What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?

I'm very lazy, it's just that I love music and I love the things that I get to do. That's why I feel so blessed.

I'm a sucker for hero worship.

There'll be oceans of talk and emotions without end.