Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I'm given a lot of credit with opening the doors for Christian fiction. It was kind of a difficult field when I got into it... But I don't feel like a king. "
Frank Peretti
Credit
Christian
King
Related Quotes:
" I always want to be on the cutting edge. "
Frank Peretti
Want
Edge
Cutting Edge
" 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
Me
" I became very timid, very retreating. I wouldn't talk to anybody. I didn't look you in the eye. I just had that kind of personality as a kid that basically puts a target on you. "
Frank Peretti
Kind
Talk
Look
" When I was a kid, I really got into monsters. "
Frank Peretti
Got
Really
Monsters
" 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.' "
Frank Peretti
Good
You
Book
" The people that usually have the most trouble with my books are the ones that pick them apart from a theological point of view. "
Frank Peretti
Point Of View
Trouble
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. "
Frank Peretti
Fight
Stand
Mom
" I wanted to write a novel where the meaning is in the story and characters and the subliminal, in the shades and nuances. It's exciting to develop that as a writer. "
Frank Peretti
Writer
Meaning
Shades
" 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. "
Frank Peretti
Child
Good
Father
" 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. "
Frank Peretti
Reason
Always
Book
" '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. "
Frank Peretti
Love
Picture
Story
" I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards. "
Frank Peretti
Cards
Used
Before
" I like doing thrillers. "
Frank Peretti
Thrillers
Doing
Like
" 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. "
Frank Peretti
Christian
You
Going
" I'm trying to move a little more toward literary fiction while still retaining a popular feel. "
Frank Peretti
Still
Feel
Little
" 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. "
Frank Peretti
Who
God
Hand
" My main goal is still for the books to minister in some way, to teach a spiritual truth, to enlighten people. "
Frank Peretti
Teach
Truth
Goal
" There's nothing sacred about the book you've written. The Bible says there's safety in a multitude of counselors. The movie is the movie, and the book is the book. They're different critters, and each must stand on their own merits. "
Frank Peretti
You
Safety
Nothing
" Evolution is the key to avoiding the whole issue of God. When you challenge evolution, you're basically challenging someone on a spiritual level. "
Frank Peretti
God
You
Spiritual
" There are writers, and there are readers who want something more. They want to get at the grist of life. "
Frank Peretti
More
Get
Life
" I just feel the need as a writer to try something kind of deep and fulfilling. "
Frank Peretti
Need
Try
Kind
" Some folks run from the doubt and go backward. You try for all the spiritual Band-Aids you can find... when actually, what you need to do is press forward, to accept those doubts and work through them. "
Frank Peretti
Need
Spiritual
Forward
" I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious. "
Frank Peretti
Writer
Just
Careful
" The Gospel can stand up to scrutiny. "
Frank Peretti
Stand Up
Gospel
Stand
" 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. "
Frank Peretti
Science
Power
Nature
" If you're going to read a Peretti book, you're going to get a message. But the book is a pretty good read. "
Frank Peretti
Message
You
Good
" Kids are not going to sit and read a slow-paced book. Neither are adults. "
Frank Peretti
Kids
Neither
Sit
" When you are writing for the Christian culture, there is a whole gamut of expectations. "
Frank Peretti
You
Culture
Writing
" 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
" When people get their mind made up about something, then it's: 'Don't bother me with facts.' They've got their minds made up and dismiss you out of hand. Some people don't even give you a fair hearing. "
Frank Peretti
People
Minds
Mind