All Ted Dekker Quotes
- 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 18.… Age
- The fact is not kill entire populations is able to infect entire regions of land and control the only cure. Able
- There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel's Veins. And those plunged beneath that watery grave to drink of His blood will never… Beneath
- My journey is so similar to everyone elses journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and… All
- A person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration. Anything Worth
- Sin thrives in the dungeon, but slap it on the table for all to see, and it withers rather quickly. All
- I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. It's informed by… Important
- He was as needy as she was. Alvin Finch only wanted to be needed. Loved. And absent of either, he resorted to deflecting his pain… Absent
- I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. Informed
- When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own… Down
- Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me. Driven
- All my books are very spiritual. I started out writing what was most natural to me, many years ago, which is religious, because I grew… Ago
- For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the edges of human… Asking
- I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents… Age
- I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing… Call
- I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough… Apart
- If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders… Becoming
- If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that… Blood
- It is critical that writers who embrace the light of Christ's redemptive love characterize the darkness arrayed against us in a way that is consistent… Arrayed
- 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 1,… Brilliance
- Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during… Accordance
- My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more as a choice… Age
- My research for 'Adam' affected me profoundly, particularly the research into evil's underbelly. We tend not to think about evil until it pokes its head… Adam
- My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going… All
- My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey… Authentic