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

Maybe people are more like the earth than we know. Maybe they have fault lines that sooner or later are going to split open under pressure.

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

I now know that things I always thought I could depend on can crash in an instant. Because of the love that I have been shown, I now know what it means to be 'beloved.' I now know that no breath is to be taken for granted.

But who has time to write memoirs? I’m still living my memoirs.

When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.

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.