Frank Peretti Quotes

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Frank Peretti

Profession : Author

Birth : January 13, 1951

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

Frank Peretti

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

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

Frank Peretti

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.

Frank Peretti

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.

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I don't watch television.

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

Frank Peretti

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

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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

'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

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

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

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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.

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

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I always want to be on the cutting edge.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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