the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.

I think writers would do better to consider that idea [to write to yourself], because you know yourself really well, and you never know your demographic fully. You only get into trouble if you try to please somebody you don't really understand.

I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.

Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

We live on top of the created world, I think to myself, not in it.

The real voice is stiller and smaller and seems to know, without confusion, the difference between right and wrong and the subtle delineation between the beautiful and profane. It's not an agitated voice, but ever patient as though it approves a million false starts. The voice I am talking about is a deep water of calming wisdom.