Quotes about Inspiration

Reading and writing are connected. I learned to read very early so I could read the comics, which I then started to draw.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

I used to be one of those students who needed to see something bigger, and God brought people into my life who gave me a bigger vision than the circumstances that surrounded me.

Certainly when you're surrounded by top-class players, like Cesc Fabregas, Eden Hazard, all of them, you only can make progress in a situation like that.

When I'm interested in an aspect of someone's life, I want to ask about their experiences, their survival strategies, and what they do to keep their lives interesting.

I think the best fiction is a form of psychological suspense, even though I don't really write in that idiom.

From infancy, I have relied on the fiercely sweet spirits of black men; and this is abundantly clear in my work.

I know that God lives, my brothers and sisters. There is no question in my mind. I know that this is His work, and I know that the sweetest experience in all this life is to feel His promptings as He directs us in the furtherance of His work.

The sweetest feeling you can have in this world is to feel the hand of the Lord upon your shoulder. In my patriarchal blessing as a boy, I was promised that I would have the gift of discernment. I have to acknowledge that such a declaration has been abundantly fulfilled in my life.

A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.

My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. It was symbolic of what Christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. We believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe.