He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored.

You don't have to be in the habit of going to church to listen to such a literary minister; you don't have to be a believer to be moved by Mr. Buechner's faith.

Life is serious but art is fun!

I was brought up in a community, in a family that valued such things as good manners, and I still do.

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.

… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.

So, I don't work in terms of real time. I don't work in a timely fashion.