Two or three things I know, two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that to go on living I have to tell stories, that stories are the one sure way I know to touch the heart and change the world

That was what gospel was meant to do - make you hate and love yourself at the same time, make you ashamed and glorified.

she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant

Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

Behind the story I tell is the one I don't...Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make you hear.