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

“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.”

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

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

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

“A person can live a little bit broken...Most of us do, I guess.”