“A story untold could be the one that kills you.”

“I could bear the memory, but I could not bear the music that made the memory such a killing thing.”

“What's important is that a story changes every time you say it out loud. When you put it on paper, it can never change. But the more times you tell it, the more changes will occur. A story is a living thing; it moves and shifts”

“I realized early that unless you're willing to kill the innocent, you can't win.”

“Scarlett (O'Hara) taught that one could be hungry and despairing, but not broken and not without resources, spiritual in nature, that precluded one from surrendering without a fight”

“The only way I could endure being a coward was if I was the only one who knew it.”

“A story is a living thing, it moves and shifts...”