At one level you're condemned to the voice you have. But within those confines, you have a certain amount of freedom to range among your possible voices.

accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.

The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.

To persevere is always a reflection of the state of one's inner life, one's philosophy and one's perspective

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

Everybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is.

None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we're safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.