I do think that I have a more flexible view of the interactions between people, and between human and non-human protagonists, humans and their landscapes.

The beginning of the end can feel a lot like the middle when you are living in it.

When you're a kid, it's hard to tell the innocuous secrets from the ones that will kill you if you keep them.

Fiction helps me to reconnect with the true, deep weirdness inherent in everyday reality, in our dealings with one another, in just being alive.

It was sad and fierce all at once, alive with a lonely purity.

My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.

I spent most of my 20s with these alligator wrestlers in the swamps of South Florida.

It is a special kind of homelessness to be evicted from your dreams.

Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place.

There are certain prehistoric things that swim beyond extinction.

You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.

Darwin says people like you need to die.” (Carrow)

The secret to abundance in life is to begin with an abundant mindset and a caring heart.

I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.

It's the people who aren't scared who die young.

Hate is never a far cry from love… Sometimes I stumble the lines drunken.. Hollering your name..

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy

Everyday's a good day when you paint

It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.

Only imagine a man acting for one single day on the supposition that all his neighbors believe all that they profess, and act up to all that they believe!