Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.

You don't want to spend your time around people who make you hold your breath. You can't fill up when you're holding your breath. And writing is about filling up, filling up when you are empty, letting images and ideas and smells run down like water - just as writing is also about dealing with the emptiness.

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

I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself.

Write as if your parents are dead.

Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.

It's a great time to be alive.