I think our animals are angels, earth-angels, pointing out for us the steadfast path of love, loyalty, optimism, faith, joy, hope. They teach us everything important about life.

So loving is the universe, so joyful, so determined to give us everything we need and to love us and show us the way to live, too, that we are beaten to the ground, boiled by God's waves, as we play in the surf.

Sometimes writer's block is no more than a signal that you have not done enough research.

prayer is nothing more than thought. It is a yearning of the heart.

Where do you put your attention? On fear or love? I wish the choice were made just once and not repeated every moment of the day.

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words.

I have a lion inside me, and I had to feed it words every few days; when I don't, it begins to eat me instead.