I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.

Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.

Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.

I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.

Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it.

I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.