God never violates the trust we put in Him..

Music to me is life. It's what gets me going..

I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker and you have to stop all that to write a novel..

No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn..

When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point..

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing..

I never tried to kill myself or anything..

We are the sum total of our experiences..

Beauty exists where you least expect to find it..

I keep everything that's private private..

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and r….

I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ev….

No faith is our own that we have not arduously won..

For me writing and filmmaking is a therapeutic process. It reflects themes that I'm going through at a time in my life..

You dig in and you find something..

I invented my life because I wasn't pleased with it..

I still act. It's in my blood. I'll always be an actor..

The headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be..

I like to be around things that I find inspiring..

Why isn’t the word “phonetically” spelled with an “f”?.

Life's about changing. Nothing ever stays the same..