“Nothing was worse than reading too late and falling asleep two or three pages into a novel.” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say, 'Wow, I never thought of it like that… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Tears flooded her eyes and her heart beat heavily, but she knew it would be all right, because she knew that in… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
All my books are very spiritual. I started out writing what was most natural to me, many years ago, which is religious,… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart.… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Austin cleared his throat. Given the choice between being with books or people, he'd always choose books. You could always tell what… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Grow up? Get herself straightened out? Her mind reeled from the verbal battering. No matter what she did, her father would tell her she… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Who’s to say that it takes something like a drug to mess with your perception of reality? How did Hitler deceive a nation? How… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Pape called Basil his sanctuary. In truth we all exist in our own sanctuaries-but I don't mean cathedrals or prisons. I'm talking about our… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“The physical power of real love is staggering, because real forgiveness is staggering...” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we prefer it… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
What is pure Bill? Or excellent or admirable? The death of a million people in a flood? God evidently through so. He is incapable… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Sin thrives in the dungeon, but slap it on the table for all to see, and it withers rather quickly. — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Elyon was restoring the Great Romance. Teeleh had stolen his first love, but now Justin had reclaimed her. The price had been his own… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
