I don't exist without writing.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

In the end only kindness matters.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought. So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

When will women not be compelledto view their bodies as science projects, gardens to be weeded, dogs to be trained?When will a woman ceaseto be made of pain?

Mercy ministry always comes down to this: you can help, but only Jesus can heal.

You can't have the rainbow without the storm.

One moment on the battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace.

Disorganizatio n is the enemy of good writing.

The truth is I love musical theatre and always have.

It is very difficult to be like the other guy, to be ordinary. Mediocrity takes a great deal of energy. But to be ourselves is very easy. You don't have to do a thing.

With faith, you may get stuck in a very big lie and may lose the truth forever; but with doubt, you can always reach the truth!

I turn sentences around. That's my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and turn it around again.

By all measures men are the more violent gender.