I just don't seem to be capable of believing in evil as some separate, distinct power within itself. I guess I'm just not a Southern Baptist or a Fundamentalist. I just don't seem to be capable of believing in it myself, somehow. I don't . . . I can't conceive from my experience how this force of evil can exist without the force of love being right there.

But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. . . someone--

All the energy of their frustration and fear going into their laughter.

thats why you cant be worried about the world. theyll just do you in anyway. you can't depend on them because sooner or later theyll turn on you or just disapear and leave you there alone.

I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.

... I started to die 36 hours before I was born, so dying was a way of life for me.

I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible.