I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story.

Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth with a capital T is worthwhile.

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree.

Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message.

Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship with God through Christ.

Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more.

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal.

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it.

A knowledgeable curious mind is the bridging ground for ideas.

I'm just tired of people judging me because I fit into a certain mold.

All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.

I really don't have a favorite team.

People do things for "their" reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

Don't ask what the work is. Rather, see what the work does.

I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.

All music is worship. It just depends on what you’re worshipping.

I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning.

If general perception changes from seeing the glass as 'half-full' to seeing it as 'half empty' there are major innovative opportunities.