Avoid complexities. Make everything as simple as possible.

First get a clear notion of what you desire to accomplish and then in all probability you will succeed in doing it.

You can't build a wall round a village.The sun and the windwill always find their way in.

If there were two enemies hating each other for a long time, to me, the winner would be the one who finally has the courage to forgive.

Live is like a river in which you merge. When you struggle against the current, you suffer. When you flow with the current in a smooth and fluid experience, life becomes effortless and joyful.

After a night of drinking, she would be a pale, starling-sized creature, but now, in this place, she is moonlight in heels.

Between 9am and 3pm is when I work most intensely

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

Choosing between day and night. Edgar and Heathcliff.

Because I understand all the ways of trying to escape, how sometimes you escape one prison only to find you've built yourself a different one.

I'm truly grateful for the opportunities the people of Columbus and the people of Indiana have given me to serve.

I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the human experience cannot escape the political.