It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory among the stars, and for a moment she, too, felt that the words Darkness and Light had no meaning, and only this melody was real.

I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about.

Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

To pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say.

Give the public the 'image' of what it thinks it ought to be, or what television commercials or glossy magazine ads have convinced us we ought to be, and we will buy more of the product, become closer to the image, and further from reality.

A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.

Their love was a bright flower, youthful and radiantly beautiful.