If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

My activism really is for myself, because I see places in the world where I feel I should be. If there is something really bad, really evil, happening somewhere, then that is where I should be. I need, for myself, to feel that I have stood there. It feels a lot better than just watching it on television.

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

Healing begins where the wound was made.

Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure.

When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.