I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text.

I want children who feel embarrassed because they speak Spanish to realize that there are places where the beautiful Spanish they speak is an asset.

Writers are always diverse on the inside.

It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has lived for so long with these characters, sometimes for years.

I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It's a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I'm grateful for every day that I live here.

I write because I am curious. I am curious about me.

Your Texas is no different than my Texas.

When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual.

I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.

I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me

He could have watched her all night. He could watch her for an eternity and still never be able to capture the essence of what it is that makes ‘love’.

In Kingdom - Like the King, Like the People In Democracy - Like the People, Like the Ruler

A burnt finger remember the fire.

Heart Breaking, I think that if Dad, staring down the sight of a 10mm, would only tell me he loves me, I could easily change my mind... ...but he won't.

I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.

Of course, I have made mistakes . . . just as every grower does. However, I never really think of them as mistakes!

I am succeeding because people are talking about how they would do it better.

Live, love, knowing that we're all free Now that we are blessed in our country And realise how lucky we are

The mountains look on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dreamed that Greece might still be free.

Treat everyone with love and respect because they are your brother or your sister.