“Christian literature comes from Christian novelists and dramatists - not from the bench of bishops getting together and trying to write plays and novels in their spare time.”
“The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.”
“I am a Christian and of course what I write will be from that essential viewpoint.”
“The novel is a hybrid genre and a large part of its charm arises from the alluvial nature of its materials. There is nothing that doesn't suit a novelist in action, when he's in the course of writing his novel.”
“Junior writers $300; Minor poets—$500 a week; Broken novelists—$850-1000; One play dramatists—$1500; Sucks—$2000. Wits—$2500.”
“I tried to write a coming of age novel, but I wasn't deep enough to get past the third chapter.”