It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
I'm obsessed with radio. It's a good start to Sunday morning.
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something. . . . My theory is a children's book. . . can be just for fun.
Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.
When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.
The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.
We are not any safer through the bulk collection of all Americans' records.
I'm in a body, and when my sleep ends, I'm awake. I don't really understand the. . . that's not really a choice. I mean unless I chose to stay in bed, but I'd still be awake.
We're more concerned about our own "victory" over sin than we are about the fact that our sins grieve God's heart.