Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?

If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.

I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.

I've tried to be totally present, so that when I'm finished with a piece of work, I'm finished. ... The work, once completed, does not need me. The work I'm working on needs my total concentration. The one that's finished doesn't belong to me anymore. It belongs to itself.

Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace.