I read books. Avidly, ardently! As if my life depended upon it.

That's how a thing starts out real then ends up just an idea.

You don't have to understand why anything that has happened nor do you even have to understand what it is that has happened. You have only to live with the remains.

America is a very religious nation. Not a mono-religious nation because there are many different strands of belief, but there's something about this nation that inspires people, or perhaps draws people, who are strongly idealistic.

A diverse and lively collection, the highest art of the interview.

I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so much more calming than my husband.

When you are writing literary writing, you are communicating something subtextual with emotions and poetry. The prose has to have a voice; it's not just typing. It takes a while to get that voice.