I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

I'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.

With destruction comes renovation.

Love stories are probably all Ive ever been able to write or want to write.

I try to find something that applies not to me only, but to others, but don't try to control it too much. Essentially it is about what moves us, teaches us about ourselves.

Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.