Wherever you have people, you have factions and disagreements and personality conflicts. Jerry B. Jenkins More Quotes by Jerry B. Jenkins More Quotes From Jerry B. Jenkins I don't see success as the goal. Obedience is the goal. Jerry B. Jenkins obediencegoal In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to hate people who disagree. Jerry B. Jenkins hatebelievejesus Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable. Jerry B. Jenkins successfultodayfiction Writers write. Dreamers talk about it. Jerry B. Jenkins fidgetingdreamwriting The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in his or her own mind what a character or a place looks like. Jerry B. Jenkins mindcharacterideas I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point. Jerry B. Jenkins raisedchristianmade As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase. Jerry B. Jenkins cuttingmovingthinking Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message. Jerry B. Jenkins specialwritingfiction You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been. Jerry B. Jenkins Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable. Jerry B. Jenkins biblicalplaypeople I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it. Jerry B. Jenkins realbookpeople Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too. Jerry B. Jenkins faith-communitybad-marriagecommunity Christianity is not a religion, it’s a relationship with God through Christ. Jerry B. Jenkins relationship-with-godchristianitychrist Books that do a tenth of what Left Behind has done are smashing successes. Jerry B. Jenkins smashingdonebook While writing my first 90 books, I was magazine editor, publisher, book publisher, executive, etc., so I was established in publishing. three of my seven or so books were biographies of sports stars and really opened doors for me in that area. Jerry B. Jenkins starssportsbook Actually 'Soon' has more than the Left Behind series, but I really believe less is more. Jerry B. Jenkins left-behindless-is-morebelieve I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster. Jerry B. Jenkins christianmotherhome Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Jerry B. Jenkins poetry-iswritingbook My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas. Jerry B. Jenkins competitiondreamideas I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios. Jerry B. Jenkins inventingcharacterworld
