But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go.

You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.

Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.

I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.

Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.

It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart.

Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it.

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can.

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited, he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Dreams don't come true, they are true.

Such are these places where lovers of bliss behold the angel of peace

My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've met say the same thing.

The devil sees nothing more abominable than a truly humble christian, for [that Christian] is just the opposite of [the devil's] own image

Our policy is to reduce the price, extend the operations, and improve the article.

It's difficult to change overnight but if you are persistent and take one step at a time you will see results!

All giving is asking, and all asking is an asking for love.

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.