People have different ideas of who I am. And I think because I'm very private, people make up the strangest ideas of who and why and what.

I always saw myself as a big-nosed, big-eared kid. I've never tried to kind of capitalize on that stuff. I think a lot of people do when they can.

It was always my intention to direct. I went to film school. And then I wanted to know how to work with actors, so I went to acting school. And then by the end of that, I caught the bug.

Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.

How can one ever do anything nobly Christian, living among people with such petty thoughts?

Board and Staff relationships are critical in any business reboot—don’t overlook or undervalue them!

The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.

Goal-getting matters. And writing down the brave acts and bold dreams you intend to accomplish will provide the spark to get them done.

Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

It's really hard to see yourself and to recognize that you are a human being like everybody else. You just think everybody's judging you.

The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.

The fastest way to know God is to serve the God in someone else.

I love grand scale. One of the things that everybody mentions is that my novels are beautiful objects in the sense that the elements of the actual book are being extruded and re-contextualized.