I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia Basin for quite a while, and I have had this strong feeling about it for many years.

I grew up in Seattle, but I always knew I wanted to leave.

There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.

The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. He just couldn't find a way to do it.

Fiction is socially meaningful.

You should learn to say nothing that will cause you regret. You should not say what is not in your heart - or what is only in your heart for a moment. But you know this - silence is better.

What some people interpret as brooding melancholy is serenity. I don't feel required to grasp all the time.