What you say is what matters.

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.

Seems like every time life starts straightening itself out, something's gotta go and happen.

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

When I was a kid, I got in trouble for lying a lot, and I had a teacher say, instead of lying, write it down, because if you write it down, it's not a lie anymore; it's fiction.

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

I've learned about marrying poetry and prose and making both accessible.