To be a successful fiction writer you have to write well, write a lot … and let ‘em know you’ve written it! Then rinse and repeat.
Success can be defined in many ways but failure in only one … quitting!
As important as color is to a painting, or wings to a bird. Music injects vibrancy to film and makes it soar!
Faith is the muscle of the spirit. It is strengthened through study, prayer, and meditation. As exercise builds muscle and our bodies become strong; study, prayer, and meditation builds faith and our spirits become strong.
To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions … and faith, the bravest of convictions.
There’s something to be said about drinking a carafe of wine by yourself … I just can’t remember at the moment what it is! (said after drinking a carafe of wine by himself)
A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved.
When people communicate deceit, it’s called politics. When people communicate honesty, it’s called art.
Bravery is not the trait of a fearless person, lest the reckless actions of a fool be considered brave. Bravery is the quality that allows us to overcome our fears and succeed.
The soul of an artist cannot be muted indefinitely. It must either be expressed or it will consume the host.
There’s a difference between the ‘art’ of writing and the ‘craft’ of writing. Art is subjective, its beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, but craft is objective. There is a right way and a wrong way to craft.
God, Himself, wrote the 10 into stone with his own finger. He told the epic of mankind, our origins and our future, in a book. For me, there is no more noble a cause and no more honorable a vocation than to say, like Him, I am a writer.