I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.

To me, torture would be, "I can't think what to write in the next sentence. I'm stuck." Torture would be if you didn't have the next idea.

I guess I wouldn't believe in anything if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.

There are few takers for the quiet heart.

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled.