“Being a leader is hard; being an honest one harder still”

“In the silence, I could hear the distinct sound of goats maa-ing in the barn. Lying there listening to them made me smile, too. I'd always loved goats - every one of them different from every other one, and all of them goofy and playful.”

“From Portrait of a Landscape I think art only exists when it's being made. It's like a flower. Once picked, it starts to die.”

“As a writer, I will go down any dark alley, inch my way through the tightest crawl space, and feed on your every fear. I will take your sense of calm and tear it to shreds. - Horror Author Barbara Watkins”

“But life doesn't turn out the way you expect. Ever. - Iris from What Comes After”

“I looked at Tarbox and saw he was a dangerous and ugly man. It was as if he had been born in someone's nightmare, then kicked his way out of their head.”

“There are few things harder than being born into the wrong body.”