Be less than what you are so that you can become more.
Novels are more difficult simply because they are longer and require more juggling, but short stories are closer to perfection, if you can get the language right.
The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough.
I’m not interested in blind optimism, but I’m very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, ‘This is not enough. ’ But it takes time, more time than we can sometimes imagine, to get there. And sometimes we don’t.
I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.
I think it is our job, as writers, to be epic. Epic and tiny at the same time. If you're going to be a fiction writer, why not take on something that means something. In doing this, you must understand that within that epic structure it is the tiny story that is possibly more important.
The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.
The doctrine of Christ enjoins men, all brothers in His eyes, to love one another.
American values are not just about America, but they speak to the human dignity, the God-given spark that resides in each and every person across the world.
I buy my Avengers tickets. But I think people are going to really get into seeing this other side of the world.
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.