The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself.

In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look true, and that is all. It is not made to look true by simple statement.

Many different substances, as distinct to the practiced eye as stone and wood, go to the making of a novel, and it is necessary to see them for what they are.

Even at the moment when the last page is turned, a great part of the book, its finer detail, is already vague and doubtful. A little later, after a few days or months, how much is really left of it?

I still remember that feeling of walking somewhere confidently, seeing him mid stride and putting my foot down just fine… but feeling like I stumbled.

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

Fashion absolutely matters, but it doesn’t matter absolutely.

Sometimes videos make a bad song very tight.

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living.

I find that falling in love is way more fun than just having that instant attraction that you have to maintain for a relationship.

All Christians need an 'ecological conversion', whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them.

Praying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do.

Wealth is what you accumulate, not what you spend.