The short story ... is the most democratic of all the arts; anyone may tell a story, and if it is an absorbing one someone will listen.

It is in writing of the emotions that style becomes most individual, in moments of passion, betrayal, of life and death.

One remembers different persons differently, some by the impact they have made on our emotions, and others by the impression they leave in our minds.

A mere chronicle of observed events will produce only journalism; combined with a sensitive memory, it can produce art.

Writing is not hard work, it is simply an obsession.

If God would concede me His omnipotence for 24 hours, you would see how many changes I would make in the world. But if He gave me His wisdom too, I would leave things as they are.

One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

I can't stand cell phones and I don't know one single thing about the computer. I have a friend come that lives in my building to check if I have emails. I don't even know what to google.

So we make stories of our own, in fevered and envious imitation of our Maker, hoping that we'll tell, by chance, what God left untold. And finishing our tale, come to understand why we were born.

All our anxieties relate to time.

Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.

Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.

Jesus is who saved me. He's what keeps me full and whole.

Your legs will get heavy and tired. Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you've grown, lifting.

Talent imitates, genius steals.