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When I was a kid, I really got into monsters.

~Frank Peretti

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Moviemaking is just really neat, and I really like doing that. I'd like to get into it more, but in terms of my role in all of this and in terms of the gift that God has given me, I had to come to the conclusion that my strength is as a storyteller, creating the story.

~Frank Peretti

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When you are making a movie, there are a zillion cooks in the kitchen, and you don't always get what you want to do. The story can always go in a different direction than what you would like. You compromise, and there is dealing and bickering.

~Frank Peretti

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Just like all my novels, 'Illusion' is a good way to observe where Frank Peretti was in his life when he wrote it.

~Frank Peretti

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It's man's nature to abuse knowledge and power, be it in the realm of science, government, or Wall Street. Take God out of the picture, and you have real trouble.

~Frank Peretti

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I'm a very methodical writer. Before computers, I used reams of paper and stacks of index cards.

~Frank Peretti

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Generally, my notes and outlines comprise more words than my novels. I suppose that's one reason I'm a comparatively slow writer, something that has always bothered me given the fact that other authors can turn out a book every six months while I usually take about two years.

~Frank Peretti

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I hear a lot of, 'I'm a writer because of you.' It's not a bad feeling, but it sneaks up on you. You don't ask for it.

~Frank Peretti

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I try to write cinematically. Let me define what I mean by that. First of all, I try to write in a visual way so that the reader can watch a movie in their head. And it keeps moving. I try to structure the stories like a screenplay may be structured.

~Frank Peretti

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I don't like to write boring books.

~Frank Peretti

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: January 13th, 1951

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