I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.

I read poetry every day. I love the boiled down essence of poetry. I look for poetry in prose. In a way that evocative.

I wonder if politicians know less about the land, now that they campaign by air.

What is art if not a concentrated and impassioned effort to make something with the little we have, the little we see?

It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment.

Teaching well draws from the same well that writing draws from: the reserves of compassion and ability to listen and concentrate on another. So I have to have fine line between teaching and writing. I try not to ever think of career. I just try to go to the dream world every day.

I think the writer's job is to paint the gray because no life is clearly defined.