At our most primitive we are storytellers and dancers.

I think Jesus is divine love manifest on Earth, as it comes through the community of Christians.

If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth as you understand it. If you’re a writer you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is a revolutionary act—truth is always subversive.

I worry that Jesus drinks himself to sleep when he hears me talk like this.

It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's weight training for life.

When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual.

butterflies were wind energy made visible.