It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same. Donald Miller More Quotes by Donald Miller More Quotes From Donald Miller I am a person of faith, so I come from a community that's involved in 360,000 churches across the country, that is an institution that could, in a relatively short period of time, provide hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of positive male role models. Donald Miller role-models community country It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family. Donald Miller mind people thinking All my books have been titled based on a piece of the prose from inside the book. Donald Miller prose pieces book If you buy the website, maybe you'll do something with it. But so far I haven't; we'll see. Donald Miller website ifs havens I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics. Donald Miller war book art Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get. Donald Miller half trying book The economy is turning around, so that's going to help a little bit. Donald Miller economy helping littles I think we can provide better stories through providing mentors, and certainly part of my story is providing mentors to kids growing up without dads. I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble.I think positive male role models go a long way in terms of rescuing kids from a life of trouble. Donald Miller growing-up dad kids I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just say, "Well, this is how I make a living, and I need to become a very good craftsman." Donald Miller littles needs thinking I had some friends commenting me books, but mostly it was people I didn't know. But they're fans. They're fans of the books, so they have a working knowledge of how I write, and they know what they like and what they don't like. I'm really grateful for their feedback. Donald Miller grateful writing book There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is. Donald Miller letters book people Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done. Donald Miller writing trying thinking It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career. Donald Miller careers sake stuff If a piece of genius comes, it comes, and it if doesn't, it doesn't. Donald Miller pieces genius ifs I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book.I posted chapters online and let people give feedback, and I was surprised at how much of that feedback I actually used for the book. It was a different process for me, but I liked it. Donald Miller giving book people If the abortion issue is important to me, this is how you tackle that issue. Donald Miller abortion issues important I think it’s human nature to be suspicious of anything unfamiliar or something new that could replace a product (the innovator biologics) that you already are comfortable with. Donald Miller health Should patients really be worried? No. Donald Miller health Life is a story. You and I are telling stories; they may suck, but we are telling stories. And we tell stories about the things that we want. So you go through your bank account, and those are things you have told stories about. Donald Miller life-is-a story you life