We all need that experience of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are is such a delicious experience and so frightening that we're in this conflicted predicament.

Hallelujah" "Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof. Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne, and she cut your hair. And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.

If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.

I’ve seen the nations rise and fall. I’ve heard their stories, heard them all, but love’s the only engine of survival.

I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words.

You've got a deadline. Well, I do, too: death.