But there it is: Everyone is alone, for life, and maybe that's not such a bad thing.

Memories are like water.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.

Each genre has something to teach me about the others. Not all the lessons are transferable, but many of the most important ones are.

She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of whisper, the kind that draws you in, gives you hope.

I believe we're brutes, but then, miraculously, there are those among us who stand up against that brutishness and remind us of the goodness we're capable of.