When all's said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it's not so much which road you take, as how you take it.

We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.

Tattoos...are the stories in your heart, written on your skin.

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so real because I really did want to get close to people, I really did want to know them. It was just easier to do it on paper, one step removed.

Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.