Jerry B. Jenkins

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

Broken relationships are a source of heavy heartbreak that seem to affect every family.

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.