And what I was feeling was the wonder Of being more than me, of being more Than mere here and now allowed I had become a shining star, a burning nova Exploded with love Flying through an endlessly Expanding universe Away from the me that was Toward a me that is beyond Understanding.

he was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.

Idiots don't know they're idiots, which is unfortunate.

Sometimes when things get hard, we tend to set our sights on what's hard, that difficult thing that keeps us upset, and we turn our back on our strengths.

Violence was just as much about WHAT was happening as it was how it happened.

As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.

The movie is more real in so many ways than the life I am leading. No, that’s not true. I just desperately wish this was only a movie.