The virgin birth has never been a major stumbling block in my struggle with Christianity; it's far less mind boggling than the Power of all Creation stooping so low as to become one of us.

Friends do everything they can to protect each other." --Polly

Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.

Believing takes practice.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.

My writing knows more than I know. What a writer must do is listen to her book. It might take you where you don’t expect to go. That’s what happens when you write stories. You listen and you say ‘a ha,’ and you write it down. A lot of it is not planned, not conscious; it happens while you’re doing it. You know more about it after you’re done.

The shadows are deepening all around us. Now is the time when we must begin to see our world and ourselves in a different way.