In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.

الطيبة والبساطة علامتان للناس الذين فرغت أنفسهم من الحياة من الشغف والجنون والعناد والرغبات، يصبحون طيبين حين لايمتلكون شيئاً يحرّضهم على أن يكونوا أشرارا للدفاع عمايرغبون فيه،وبسيطين لافتقادهم مايحرضهم على حياة معقدة بالرغبات و الصراعات والمنافسة

I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.

It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.

The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist or Islam or any religion that believes in a supernatural supervalance over humanity.