No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force.

Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?

You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.

death should be celebrated...when you put something in the ground you always know where it is

In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.