I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. Nora Ephron
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy. Nora Ephron
I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around. Richard Paul Evans
I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives. Richard Paul Evans
I find myself seeking out the commonalities of our different religious experiences with hopes of encouraging, through my writings, the most hopeful, loving and redemptive qualities in all of us. Richard Paul Evans
Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages. Richard Paul Evans
So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be the most dysfunctional. Richard Paul Evans
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. Richard Paul Evans
The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen. Richard Paul Evans
People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for. Richard Paul Evans
I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence. Richard Paul Evans