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

Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.

My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.

One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.

No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.

People in Germany are very, very responsive to the readings.

There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.