So a moral position is not a message. A moral position is a passionate caring inside you.

It's better to be kind than to be right.

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down.

You were loved because God loves, period. God loved you, and everyone, not because you believed in certain things, but because you were a mess, and lonely, and His or Her child. God loved you no matter how crazy you felt on the inside, no matter what a fake you were; always, even in your current condition, even before coffee. God loves you crazily, like I love you...like a slightly overweight auntie, who sees only your marvelousness and need.

The truth is that progress is usually small and sneaky.

Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right.