All the fear in the world, and the violence that comes from the fear, and the hatred that comes from the violence, and the lonliness that comes from ….

To put it another way, pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. Why must it be pain? Why can't he rouse us more gently, with violins or laughte….

Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If ….

Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn't necessarily want us to be happy. He wants us to be lovable. Worthy o….

When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel..

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn'….

Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast..

Today begins my walk with you. Where you go, I go. Where you stay, I stay. When you sleep, I will sleep. When you rise, I will rise. I will pass my d….

We read to know that we are not alone..

The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad..

If you die, I'll die.' 'But is you live, I'll live.' - Bowman and Kestrel, Firesong.

There are dozens of great American writers who write about the family..

Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?.

God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this….

Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the supreme liter….

Use your power gently..

We are the slaves of slaves.

I am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little to do with it..

We read to know we're not alone..

A well-off plastic surgeon can suffer just as much as an Irish lad who has been abused or whatever..

We write to know we are not alone.