I'm using the grid as formation. I wanted a relationship between the paintings and videos so that way when you are looking at the videos there's a direct relationship to the paintings.

I think what I have done is claimed the space and pushed it forward as much as I can in relationship to who I am and how I live my life.

I knew what I was doing, but I never really considered the magnitude of how my images were transformative to people.

I grew up with a lot of brothers and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.

It probably takes many years of monastic practice to equal the spiritual growth generated by one sleepless night with a sick child.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be - you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean. Count yourself lucky - God holds nothing against you and you're holding nothing back from Him.

Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things

I can't thank you enough for showing up. It's not the same without you.

It seems to me that physical sickness softens, just as moral sickness hardens, the heart.

Could anyone fail to be depressed by a book he or she has published? Don't we always outgrow them the moment the last page has been written?

Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.

Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.

When it comes to books...They're like lifelong friends to me; I need to know they're there, even if I don't check in with them on a regular basis.