Our love is our burden.

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.

I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make.

I prefer true over happy now.

What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists.