Only in love is there trust - even the possibility of trust.
The regional voice is the universal voice.
Our house is made of glass... and our lives are made of glass; and there is nothing we can do to protect ourselves.
Is there any mystery like who you finally turn out to be.
Of our hurts we make monuments of survival. If we survive.
I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak... to travel... to experience the world. And memorialize it.