Even if you're going to die, you might as well die pretty.

Sometimes, in life, nothing happens. But, sometimes, nothing happens beautifully.

I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations.

I sit there thinking about how much courage it takes to live an ordinary life.

The Irish are great for their tunes, but all their lovesongs are sad and their warsongs happy.

I’m not interested in blind optimism, but I’m very interested in optimism that is hard-won, that takes on darkness and then says, ‘This is not enough.’ But it takes time, more time than we can sometimes imagine, to get there. And sometimes we don’t.

I don't know of a greater privilege than being allowed to tell a story, or to listen to a story. They're the only thing we have that can trump life itself.