Please make me either relatable or terrible.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

In the wintertime I like macaroni and cheese.

An ellipsis is a giant ocean of possibilities.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

I love doing readings. I could really give a crap about reviews. It's kind of about the readers.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.

Jesus Christ opened heaven’s door for us by His death on the cross.

Its hard to pretend to love someone when you don't but its harder to pretend that you don't love someone when you really do..

Think about it: Every educated person is not rich, but almost every education person has a job and a way out of poverty. So education is a fundamental solution to poverty.

Your music sounds better on the radio, for some reason. It's an amazing feeling. I hope it never goes away.

My whole day is built around meetings that can be achieved around bike rides. My contract actually offers me a free car from my home to my office and back, but I suppose I am addicted to cycling.

Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying.

Institutions don't change the world in fundamental ways. The way the world changes is heart to heart to heart by individuals, not by institutions.

I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock.

My number one thing was that if I ever did get successful enough to make it, I wanted to be able to give back to my family.