I think my methods are more suggestive than assertive. Check out those passages again and see what you think.

I start with voice, maybe a sentence. That sentence might embody an image, and I go from there. One sentence to the next. Sound drives the work these days - sound before description.

One way to be aware of it, to teach to yourself, is simply to read work aloud. I love reading the endings of books aloud when I start nearing the end.

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

Faith is the cure that heals all troubles. Without faith there is no hope and no love. Faith comes before hope, and before love. (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Zaidi bani Tihama)

When the guy kissed her, Cassidy felt a stab of pain that was close to physical, and therefore within the penumbra of hurts he told himself he could bear.

My advice to you, my violent friend, is to seek out gold and sit on it.

Calories don’t count if they’re connected to a celebration. Everyone knows this.

I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.

There is no ultimate objective reality within the ten thousand states of mind. Most people don't like to hear this. But there are ten thousand realities, and each is definitely unifying.

I don't believe there's an afterlife - but I don't believe there's an end to life. Consciousness goes beyond the bounds of your body.

Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.