You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway.

All people in the world - who are not hermits or mutes - speak words. They speak different languages, but they speak words. They say, "How are you" or "I'm not feeling well" all over the world. These common words - these common elements that we have between us - the writer has to take some verbs and nouns and pronouns and adjectives and adverbs and arrange them in a way that sound fresh.

It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody.

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.