Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!

As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story.

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does not interest me, a grownup, then I am dishonoring the children for whom the book is intended, and I am dishonoring books. And words.

She always had to have someone to love...She couldn't seem to believe that anyone could really love her. She always thought it was because she was a star, not just because of her herself, and she always had to be reassured.

And sometimes when we listen, we are led into places we do not expect, into adventures we do not always understand.

To be alive is to be vulnerable.