What suffering has taught me is the uselessness of suffering.

I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.

The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was.Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

I fix what's broken - except in the heart.

Tomorrow the world is not the same as today, though God listens with the same ear.

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them.