If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.

One sad thing about this world is that the acts that take the most out of you are usually the ones that people will never know about. (from 'Celestial Navigation')

My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations.

Odd how clear it suddenly became, once a person had died, that the body was the very least of him.

I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It’s greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the circus, I’m joining the circus. Although I’m happily married, I spent a great deal of time mentally living with incompatible husbands.

I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple.

I wonder how many times we dream that kind of dream-something strange and illogical-and fail to realize God is trying to tell us something.