I taught myself to write in order to understand who I was and so yes, writing was an act of self-actualization in the beginning.

These moments were wondrous and divine, instances when the gossamer curtain between heaven and earth ripped and all of humanity witnessed the marvel of the ethereal beings.

In terms of style, I think the memoirist should have a novelist's skill and all the elements of a novelist's toolbox. When I read a memoir, I want to really, deeply experience what the author experienced. I want to see the characters and hear the way they speak and understand how they think. And so in that way, writing a memoir feels similar to writing a novel.

I think angels definitely offer all the imaginative possibilities that vampires do, and I think they've actually been popular in Western culture for longer than vampires have been. I hope they become a part of the culture again in a new way.

If I'm not writing, I'm not fully living. It has become the essential element that defines who I am.

But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies.

Reckless action is worse than wise restraint.