“For me, art is a more trustworthy expression of God than religion.”

“I have learned to be steady in my course of love, or fear, or loneliness, rather than impulsive in its wasting, either lyrically or emotionally.”

“I have been so struck by the mettle of the men who founded this country and wrote the Constitution. What unbelievable persistence and integrity. I wonder if any of us would have the attention span required to forge a whole new world. I wish we did.”

“The key to change... is to let go of fear,”

“Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.”

“No better stress reliever than to sit down and write! Let your imagination take you to other places and another time!”

“The only really frightening thing about Cinnamon Hill belongs in the realm of the living and serves to remind me that some of them-just a few of them, a tiny minority-are much more dangerous than all the dead put together.”