I'd like to imagine that "dreamoir" becomes a subgenre of nonfiction, maybe ultimately because I'd love to read many more dreamoirs by other writers - poets and memoirists especially.

Synchronicities fall under the "magic" heading to me.

My relationship with my mother has always felt like the most complicated relationship of my life. I know I have a lot more writing to do on this.

I wish to be a cat. I like to imagine I was a cat in a past life.

I love indices! They are poetry in and of themselves, depending on the book.

I imagine there's an undercurrent of the impact of early religious teachings and my break from what I was taught and expected to perform if I wanted to be considered normal in my family of origin.

The women in my family - my grandmother and my mother - have been both sources of comfort and terror. Protection was not always available.

I pay attention as much as I can. I try to surround myself with other women with magical powers and a lot falls under the heading "magical powers."

To me, magic is everywhere.

Cats connote sexuality in standard dream dictionaries.

Not all vampires are created equal.

But wouldn't it be lovely to watch two people fall in love?

I'm not really often recognized - not really. Or if I am, nobody cares enough to come and tell me that they recognize me.

Prayer is not a device for getting our wills done through heaven, but a desire that God's will may be done on earth through us.

Show No Love , Cus Love Can Get U killed

Love and meaningful relationships are vital to physical and emotional well-being.

I'll probably never put out another album because I'm a tough critic of my work, and I don't think I could come up to those standards any more.

If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.

Everything they teach in school is oriented so that they can test it to show that you know it, instead of taking note of the obvious, which is that people learn by doing what people want to do.

I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power.