I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

Say my name and his in the same breath. I dare you to say they taste the same.

Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.

..."Good, because I need your help." "Help is my middle name." I was pretty sure she'd already told me bad was her middle name, but I kept my opinion to myself.

Quite apart from the prestige of technology, people do, after all, prefer a simple idea to a complex one.

Fashion should be fun. It shouldn't be labelled 'intellectual.'

Real dancers are the ones who can hear the music in their soul.

There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then its up to you to make it happen.

[Reanu Reeves] is a very imaginative actor. He can have this wonderful balance of humor and fear. He's got these skills to be entertaining but also quite terrifying.

Everything's a gamble, love most of all.