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" Generally, my notes and outlines comprise more words than my novels. I suppose that's one reason I'm a comparatively slow writer, something that has always bothered me given the fact that other authors can turn out a book every six months while I usually take about two years. "

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" My earlier books, 'The Oath,' 'This Present Darkness' were pretty straight adventure. 'The Visitation' is like a deeper book, more thought-provoking. It probes at character more. "

Frank Peretti

Book

Adventure

Darkness

" I don't like to write boring books. "

Frank Peretti

Write

Boring

" I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious. "

" I always want to be on the cutting edge. "

" The Lord God carries us throughout our lives just as a father carries his child. The Lord carried me, and He still is. He made you. He knows what you're good at. He knows what you can do and what you can become. Trust Him. Love Him. He'll always love you back. "

" The people that usually have the most trouble with my books are the ones that pick them apart from a theological point of view. "

" First of all, I was a good Christian kid. My mom and dad taught me never to fight. So I never fought. The other kids picked that up right away. They said, 'Oh, he's not going to try to do anything.' They'd push me, shove me, hit me. I'd just stand there and take it. "

" Just like all my novels, 'Illusion' is a good way to observe where Frank Peretti was in his life when he wrote it. "

" I try to write cinematically. Let me define what I mean by that. First of all, I try to write in a visual way so that the reader can watch a movie in their head. And it keeps moving. I try to structure the stories like a screenplay may be structured. "

Frank Peretti

Watch

Head

" It's man's nature to abuse knowledge and power, be it in the realm of science, government, or Wall Street. Take God out of the picture, and you have real trouble. "

" When you are writing for the Christian culture, there is a whole gamut of expectations. "

" At the bottom of a Peretti novel is the biblical view of things, the Christian message. Whether you're a Christian or not, you're still going to have to deal with good versus evil. "

" There's a reason evolution is a hot-button issue. It's not just a matter of science, either. It's a matter of the big questions in life - why are we here, what is truth, where is our moral basis? "

" I just feel the need as a writer to try something kind of deep and fulfilling. "

" If you're going to read a Peretti book, you're going to get a message. But the book is a pretty good read. "

" Evolution is the key to avoiding the whole issue of God. When you challenge evolution, you're basically challenging someone on a spiritual level. "

" Kids are not going to sit and read a slow-paced book. Neither are adults. "

" I don't know what idea is going to hit me when. "

Frank Peretti

Going

Know

" I'm trying to move a little more toward literary fiction while still retaining a popular feel. "

" A good book or movie or screenplay should be emotionally satisfying. When they're done, you want people to breathe a deep sigh and say, 'Wow.' "

" We have a God who loves us. We are in the palm of his hand. He doesn't leave us, and He doesn't forsake us. "

" When I first started out writing the 'Darkness' books, there was, at least in my mind, a certain sort of rulebook we had to follow. "

" The logical outcome of evolution is that it makes monsters. We turn into monsters because evolution takes away everything that makes us human in the sense of our moral accountability, our moral absolutes, and our idea of being distinct from the animal kingdom. "

" I hear a lot of, 'I'm a writer because of you.' It's not a bad feeling, but it sneaks up on you. You don't ask for it. "

Frank Peretti

Because

Hear

" When I was a kid, I really got into monsters. "

" There are writers, and there are readers who want something more. They want to get at the grist of life. "

Frank Peretti

Get

Life

" The Gospel can stand up to scrutiny. "

" I like doing thrillers. "

Frank Peretti

Thrillers

Doing

" I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards. "

" 'Illusion' is a story of God's love and our hunger to find him when we're separated from him. If I can paint a picture of two people still in love after 40 years, that's a pretty good message. "