Very early you come to the realization that nothing will ever take you away from yourself.

Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.

I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously, literature showed me something about where I was from which was worthwhile.

Love isn’t a thing, after all, but an endless series of single acts.

With imagination, you can put something where nothing was.

I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

Even though I get a lot done with my solitude, and I make the best use of it possible, I always think solitude is an interlude in a period of time, which is populated by others.