The past is all we know of the future.

A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place into wonder.

The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.

The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don't know.

Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive. You keep your eyes open, you see this damned-to-hell world you got born into, and you ask yourself, 'What life can I live that will let me breathe in & out and love somebody or something and not run off screaming into the woods?

Given my own circumstances, I find that anything can turn out to belong nearly anywhere.