Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself.

The details of the world in which we live are always secondary to the fact that we must live in them.

I think a diversity of expression can only be good, so I think the more that people write about their experience, use their imagination to deal with their experience, you know, I think that's going to be good for not only for those authors but also for people who are interested in trying to understand it.

I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light.

Noises and smells, those can bring back powerful memories. I remember when I was going to school one Fourth of July, and there were a lot of fireworks going off. I knew that I was in Richmond. I knew that I was a college student. But I thought people were shooting at me.

The world makes liars of us all.