Most children are given far too much praise for their early drawings, so much so that they rarely learn the ability to refine their first crude efforts the way their early attempts at language are corrected.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell.

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

The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.

The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering around a sleeping wino. No place or person is immune to spirit. Look hard enough, and everything has a story. Everybody is important."- Jilly Coppercorn

The thing to remember when you're writing is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's whether it wakes a truth in your reader.