the process of a book's coming to life is not fully complete until your imagination meets mine on the page. The words evoke pictures and something altogether new is created, something different from the limits of my own skills and imagination. Something that is a marriage between your heart, mind, and body - and mine.

Friends are supposed to act like harbor boats-let you know if you're off course. But it ain't always possible.

I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.

Sadness can find you anywhere, anytime, so you better have fun when you can.

I believe that we are given strength and help from a power much larger than ourselves. I believe if I humble myself that this power will come through me, and help me create work that is bigger than I would have ever been able to have done alone.

Flowers heal me. Tulips make me happy. I keep myself surrounded by them as soon as they start coming to the island from Canada, and after that when they come from the fields in La Connor, not far from where I live.

Don't ever admit you know a thing about cooking or it'll be used against you.