You're a part of me...You're in my heart. Forever and always, all right? —D

I'm still afraid. I'm still afraid every day.

One place exists as their interpretation of it. For the people living and thriving inside of it, it's another place.

I couldnt be a writer without hope. I think I became a writer because Im pretty optimistic.

I feel like so much of what I'm doing is making a road where there is no road and inviting people on that road with me. It's scary. It's scary, but I can't listen to the voices that are saying form is the only way, or that there is only this kind of form or that kind of form.

To watch your home change in front of you is surprising. But at the same time, going someplace like Mississippi, makes me appreciate even this.

I think writers are the history keepers, right? We're the ones who are bearing witness to what's going on in the world. And I feel like it's our job to put that down on paper, and put it out into the world, so that it can be remembered.