If I decide to make a coat red in the show, it's not just red, I think: is it communist red? Is it cherry cordial? Is it ruby red? Or is it apple red? Or the big red balloon red?

I will conquer Femmeness... And then, I will turn it on its head and redefine it for the world to see.

I'm kind of a closet redneck.

In a book, you can describe a scene and have any song you want playing on the radio and have any painting you want hanging on the wall. That was really freeing to me when I was writing 'Ready Player One.' I could throw in everything that I love.

I know I will never be happy, but I know I can be gay!

My body doesn't look like it did before. It's changed after having a baby... it's not better or worse, just different.

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.

We don't apologize for who we are. We do what we do as Christians. Our faith isn't hidden. There should never be a separation between God and good works.

I learned that I could definitely play at a really high level and I definitely belong at this level.

You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be.

You, Eternal Trinity, are my Creator, and I am the work of Your hands, and I know through the new creation which You have given me in the blood of Your Son, that You are enamored of the beauty of Your workmanship.