I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.

Stories are like relics, part of an undiscovered preexisting world. The writer's job is to use the tools in his or her toolbox to get as much of each one out of the ground intact as possible.

The quiet, singing voice of the rose. The song that promised all might be well, all might be well, that all manner of things might be well.

You could not turn off love- even the rather absent, sometimes taken for granted love- the way you'd turn off a faucet. Love ran from the heart and the heart had it's own imperatives

Some guys-a lot of guys-don't believe what they are seeing, especially if it gets in the way of what they want to eat or drink or believe. Me, I don't believe in God. But if i saw him, I would. I wouldn't just go around saying, "Jesus, that was a great special effect." The definition of an asshole is a guy who doesn't believe what he's seeing.

Battles that last five minutes spawn legends that live a thousand years.

Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes.