I returned to Jerusalem, and it is by virtue of Jerusalem that I have written all that God has put into my heart and into my pen.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.
My family has been rooted and intertwined with Jerusalem for generations, and I am among those who say every day, 'May You return to Your city, Jerusalem, with compassion.'
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do?
There are just certain times I sense the Lord is wanting me to write, and so I write.
But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.
All of my writing is God-given.
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.
I believed God had wired me as a writer for a purpose, and I was squandering that purpose. I finally repented of doing things my way and told God that, in the future, I would only write books that glorified Him. That meant I had to buy back some of my contracts.
I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.