The writer is the person who stays in the room.

In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!

Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is.

I always write about my own experiences, whether I've had them or not.

Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon.

The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live.

The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.

I'm not trying as a writer to be smart or to understand the inner workings of my narrator, I'm trying to survive the typing of this story.

Riding that ridge between reason and recklessness, stillness and speed, is the first, maybe the most important, thing I learned about motorcycles.

Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

In addition to an open heart and open mind, I also brought (to the small group Bible study) an open mouth.

I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.

One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country.

Journalism is not just a cause, its also a wacky profession.

We're in this together, and if we united and we inter-culturally cooperated, then that might be the key to humanity's survival.

I am a complete mother's boy. I try to do everything with honour, respect and grace because the last thing I would want to do is hurt her.

The vibrant, real historic Christian faith is very wide and leaves lots and lots of room for varying perspectives. It's very diverse and wide, that's part of it's strength, life and vibrancy.

Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.