Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world.

Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema.

A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity.

My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn't know to write.

My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness.

When you hear the voice of Rosa Ponselle, you hear a fountain of melody blessed by the Lord.

Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse.