I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.

Everything in existence evolves from time

The word of God says "God is love", implying to love others is to reveal God to them.

In any situation, you can find strength in the Lord.

Every revolution begins with one voice crying in the wilderness.

Shutting your eyes and pretending something's not happening doesn't make it not true, Jace.

I was convinced that I was going to be onstage for the rest of my life.

Memory is sweet. Even when it’s painful, memory is sweet.

When someone goes out of himself to find God or fetch God, he is wrong.

I enjoy being influenced by other writers.

When I was a boy I first learned how much better water tastes when it has set a while in a cedar bucket. Warmish-cool, with a faint taste like the hot July wind in Cedar trees smells.