"I’m more concerned about helping humanity through my art"

“I'm quite sure that no court is telling anybody that they cannot say whatever they want to say.”

“It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.”

Source : Lisa McMann (2010). “Fade”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

“It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.”

“When doubt comes against us, we have to lift up the shield of faith. We do this when we open our mouth and say what God's Word says, rather than grumbling and complaining about the problem.”

“My notion of a failed writing workshop is when everybody comes out replicating the teacher and imitating as closely as possible the great original at the head of the table. I think that's a mistake, in obvious opposition to the ideal of teaching which permits a student to be someone other than the teacher. ... The successful teacher has to make each of the students a different product rather than the same.”

“I believe that what works for the consumer is to be able to determine what they can pay -- even if it is nothing. (Just joking.) Unfortunately, so many depend on credit for living expenses, and the lower payments helped them in the immediate term. I am OK with that. For those who want their minimum to be more, you don't have to wait on your credit issuer to increase the payment -- do it on your own. For others, at this time, I think it's a horrible idea.”

“I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.”

“You can kid the world, but not your sister.”