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
Live to discover, as long as discovery leads to a love that comes from the Creator... writing was the mirror to life. — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
It is critical that writers who embrace the light of Christ's redemptive love characterize the darkness arrayed against us in a way… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“It's neither and it's both. That's the perfect kind of art. Labels only detract from the artist's intention.” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from… — 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
I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“Everything I've written up to this point is crap. Now I'm going to write the real one” — 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 never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally… — 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
I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“A Christian in many American circles, for example, means 'right-wing, gun-toting fanatic who hates Democrats.' As such, a pacifist Democrat who called… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
We Christian writers must paint evil with the blackest of brushes, not to sow fear, but to call out the monsters to… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me. — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
There’s different ways to be impacted by truth. One is to read the scriptures. Another is to read other works by other… — 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
