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" 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
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" I always want to be on the cutting edge. "
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Want
Edge
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" 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 you are making a movie, there are a zillion cooks in the kitchen, and you don't always get what you want to do. The story can always go in a different direction than what you would like. You compromise, and there is dealing and bickering. "
Frank Peretti
Direction
Go
You
" 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
" 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 don't watch television. "
Frank Peretti
Television
Watch
" When I was a kid, I really got into monsters. "
Frank Peretti
Got
Really
Monsters
" 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
" 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 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 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I just feel the need as a writer to try something kind of deep and fulfilling. "
Frank Peretti
Need
Try
Kind
" I'm just a slow writer. I'm picky and careful and fastidious. "
Frank Peretti
Writer
Just
Careful
" '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
" 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 don't like to write boring books. "
Frank Peretti
Write
Like
Boring
" When you are writing for the Christian culture, there is a whole gamut of expectations. "
Frank Peretti
You
Culture
Writing
" 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? "
Frank Peretti
Life
Truth
Science
" 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
" I'm trying to move a little more toward literary fiction while still retaining a popular feel. "
Frank Peretti
Still
Feel
Little
" I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards. "
Frank Peretti
Cards
Used
Before
" 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
" 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'd like to write a series that, in an adventurous and fun way, teaches kids a way to discern between good and evil, to establish a foundation on moral absolutes. "
Frank Peretti
Moral
Good And Evil
Evil
" 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
" I don't know what idea is going to hit me when. "
Frank Peretti
Going
Know
Me