“Stories are propaganda, virii that slide past your critical immune system and insert themselves directly into your emotions. ”

“Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.”

“I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do not buy into their system of censorship, imagining that if you drop this character or hide that emotion, you can slide through their blockades. Do not eat your heart out in the hope of pleasing them.”

“i believe [images] are the soul's immune system and transit system.”

“Both the human immune system and the plant immune system are fundamentally interdependent on the quality and fertility of the soil. Our immune system, and even our physical structure, are a reflection of the foods we have eaten from either toxic and nutrient depleted soils, or wonderfully fertile soils.”

“Read the stories of the past to write your story for the future.”