“Art should be a place of hope, not doubt. And your doubts rise from inexperience, which is not a dishonorable thing.”

“Art should be a place of hope.”

“Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.”

“A man who doubts himself shouldn't have to try too hard for too long, not until he's seasoned.”

“I hope you liked them, Reader; that they did for you what any good story should do--make you forget the real stuff weighing on your mind for a little while and take you away to a place you've never been. It's the most amiable sort of magic I know.”

“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There’s plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.”

“As always at these times when he felt really in need of God the front of his mind was serene, but the deeper part, where faith did constant battle with doubt, was terrified that there would be no answer.”