All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.

Stories are able to help us to become more whole, to become Named. And Naming is one of the impulses behind all art; to give a name to the cosmos, we see despite all the chaos.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future.

If our language is watered down, then mankind becomes less human, and less free.

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.

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.