I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.

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I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?

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Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.

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I wish we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love.

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I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways.

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Obviously, a writer can't know everything about what she writes. It's impossible.

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I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

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It is tragic that many in America think of us - Christians - as being people who hate others.

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We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough.

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Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.

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