The word of God is more than enough for the people of God to live their lives to the glory of God
You can't take yourself too seriously.
It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject.
Ive zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence. . . Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.
It's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life.
Boxing is my real passion. I can go to ballet, theatre, movies, or other sporting events. . . and nothing is like the fights to me. I'm excited by the visual beauty of it. A boxer can look so spectacular by doing a good job.
I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster. ' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.
People who have stuck to their vision and mission no matter what. They inspire me. The people who wake up to non-glamorous lives to continue pushing to do what God has called them to do.
The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, colour-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I have read.
If God has created the world, his primary worry was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us
Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ's sheep.