Perfection is something everyone strives for, but it’s elusive and may be an illusion.

There's something about water that washes away the cares of the mind and heart.

Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained

The historical background is one of the easier aspects of writing a novel. Far more difficult is dreaming up the smaller, character-based scenes, scenes that rise entirely from one's own imagination.

Ten minutes praying is better than a year's murmuring.

I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.

I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.

... there is one primary purpose of a Christian's business: to serve God.

Everything I am familiar with is gone.

It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.

I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.