“...it's not the stories - it's the pain and the joy and the people who stay with you long after the stories are told ...”

“...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow...”

“...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...”

“...I'm a modern mountebank - I believe in Physiognomy - after all, we are in control of our face - it's the map of where we've been...”

“...people demonize certain types of crime - it's a way of distancing ourselves from the monsters...”

“...you can't rationalize suffering - it's indeterminate - the real unknowable variable God substitutes in...”

“...the wind hums low with sweet exultation, sings its lullaby, while you sleep ...”