In order to go on with our lives, we are always capable of making the ominous into the merely strange.

I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are on your own. Maybe I'm tired, I need a nap. You are mature. Why don't you look after yourselves?' And I think He's been sleeping too much.

I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.

I want my prose to be as clear as a pane of glass.

Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.

God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us

People say you cant teach writing, but I think thats nonsense.