When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound.

There is no place where God is not.

Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged.

The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.

I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!