I write everything as a wake-up call to myself and others, to anyone who may have gotten tired of hitting the snooze button.
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world.
I don't see myself as a deep philosopher. The things I write about tend to be what we all have to face, or consider, or experience, that I talk about with my friends and brothers. It's universal stuff, told in my own voice, my own details and truth, which is all I have to offer.
My experience as a writer is that you really do write seven and eight pages to find the paragraph you were after all along.
My father really taught me that you really develop the habit of writing and you sit down at the same time every day, you don't wait for inspiration.
My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him.
