“ I write for the beauty of the printed word"from PREFACE to BIPOLAR BUFFALO”

“I had to educate him that there was no such thing as writer's block, that writers write when they write, and when they don't, they don't.”

“There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.”

“All writers, I think, are to one extent or another, damaged people. Writing is our way of repairing ourselves.”

“I had to sit with my senses. This clear, beautiful intuition took over. I knew exactly how I felt, and I wasn't confused or clouded or compromised. I realized that none of my feelings had diminished, but I might have to lose someone I truly loved. I didn't want to run away from Claire, but I knew drug addiction was strong enough that I had to be willing, if need be, to let go of the person I'd just fallen in love with.”

“I don't know anything!' Tim(Caleb) wailed.He'd never spoken a truer word in his life.”

“No writer is a quiet reader, for their reading will speak of their writing.”