I try to tell a story that's good enough to win the right to integrate eternal themes into it. If it's poorly written or comes across as a sermon, then obviously you don't reach people, because they're aware that you're imposing something on a story that isn't innate to it.

Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.

When you win, you want more of it. You can't win enough.

In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages.

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something.

Tell the truth because then you don't have to have a good memory.