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"I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the novel takes shape based on what these people are like."
"I'm interested in the dark side of man. I'm interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness."
"I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer."
"Work on what is real rather than worry about what is unreal."
"When God is in sharp focus, then life is also undistorted."
"One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him."
"I attempt to write a good novel. Whether it is literature or not is something that will be decided by the ages, not by me and not by a pack of critics around the globe."
"It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it."
"Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif."
"It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader."
"I myself have suffered periodically from hearing voices at night when I'm trying to sleep."
"Asking in prayer helps you to see your problem in the light of God's power."
"I want God to be first in my life, so I'm putting Him first in my life today."
"I find it both fascinating and disconcerting when I discover yet another person who believes that writing can't be taught. Frankly, I don't understand this point of view"
"Don't give away to others what you have not first given away at home."
"Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters."
"It's easy to talk about how much you love God, but loving others reveals how much you truly do."
"The past can't be changed, can it? It can just be forgiven."
"God's ways and His will come in His own perfect time."
"Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad. Write yourself blind. Trust the excitement that builds within you when the idea is good and the writing is superb. You can do it, but that's the hell of it as well as the exultation of it. You have to do it."