I seek truth and beauty in the transparency of an autumn leaf, in the perfect form of a seashell on the beach, in the curve of a woman's back, in the texture of an ancient tree trunk, but also in the elusive forms of reality.

I don't think that we have to look like the models in the magazines because they are 19 year olds and they have been photo shopped extensively, not but given what I, we have as the raw material, take care of it.

He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.

Write to register history, and name each thing. Write what should not be forgotten.

A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.

He had only to touch me to turn my tears into sighs and my anger to desire. How accomodating love is; it forgives everything.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.