Richard Paul Evans Quotes & Sayings

“So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be the most dysfunctional.”

“Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.”

“I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.”

“My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing.”

“Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.”

“I have Tourettes syndrome.”

“I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives.”

“People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.”

“I find myself seeking out the commonalities of our different religious experiences with hopes of encouraging, through my writings, the most hopeful, loving and redemptive qualities in all of us.”

“Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.”