We're out there somewhere between the known and the unknown, trying to reel in both for a closer look.

Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend.

Laughter is a bubbly, effervescent form of holiness

Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they say or do reveal who they are, and be involved in their lives, and keep asking yourself, Now what happens? The development of relationship creates plot.

We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.

Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb.

The stuff I write about is pretty universal, the things my closest friends and I talk about - our anxiety about being here on this scary planet, during these scary times, as vulnerable as kittens, having lost so many people I couldn't live without.