I actually got a nice surprise about being a mother because I expected it to be harder and to have to make more adaptations.
Contrary to common belief, Christian fiction did not begin with Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, or Frank Peretti.
I'm in a rock band - I don't have a day job! I am spoiled... a lot.
No one really gets rich doing this. A couple people do, Black Sabbath does. We don't sell any records anymore.
I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.
I feel like a nineteen forties teenager at a Frank Sinatra concert! (On finally being published)
I wish Frank Sinatra would just shut up and sing.
My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.
Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.
It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public.
You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down.
We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.
A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.
I've spent my fortune, tarnished my public view and made myself the brunt of punch line after punch line.
The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.
I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.
To be frank, my belief is if you just keep your head down and work, and you have the fortune to be successful, there really aren't moments that change you.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.
And I think one of the tasks that I always feel is how to get that vision out of them. Not exactly what they want, but what they want to accomplish for themselves or their community or their family.
My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India.
I have girls who are concerned about how they look compared to models or what have you. It's my responsibility to teach them that beauty is more than superficial.
