If redwoods are the backbone of California, oaks are of England.

He could not tell all of the California pines apart, the gray pine from the coulter, the bushop from the knobcone and the Monterey.

God's words are medicine for all pains.

Genres pop up and get hot and then they die down.

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

My favorite look would be a fresh, dewy face with a bronze, sun-kissed glow. It looks so tropical and reminds me of a place that feels like true home.

My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died.

Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive, for the writer.

The law must be stable, but it must not stand still.

I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters.

If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.