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.

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Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...

I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to...

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes.

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself...

Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is...

Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is...

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

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

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

It's made me more expectant of the imminent return of Jesus, and also more sensitive...

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to...

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to...

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters...

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the...

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

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

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the...

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday.

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

People are scared to death and they're looking for something beyond themselves.

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea...

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea...

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear...

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be...

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be...

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

I think all fiction should be fair game for the Christian market, except porn, of...

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and...

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and...