What is perfect? Journey, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a picture. That goes for life....Things can be good enough.

Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

Fact and fiction are different truths.

I love to talk to children about making mistakes. Its important that I tell them about how I dont get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.

Im working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, shes a smarter and better editor than I am.