I didn't go to art school. So, I never had this moment of taking time to actually learn how to make things and learn about art history and learn about people that came before me.

I did a project on immigration, which is something that has always been close to my heart. For me, immigration was the way to evolve, to make people better.

Everyone moves for reason. You need a reason to leave everything behind.

I always feel like I don't know how to express myself. I need to be with people that understand my language.

The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.

Going to the gym is great for your body, but it's also great for your mind.

When God's Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it's no longer what we do - it's part of who we are.

Being a good writer doesn’t make you a good reporter, it takes hustle.

The model for me is a touchstone, it is a door which I must break open in order to reach the garden in which I am alone and feel good, even the model exists only for what use I can make of it.

Writing is a solitary occupation, and we like it that way.

Nothing may truly be said to be a miracle except in the profound sense that everything is a miracle.

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?

Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not.

Dreams don't come true. Dreams are true.