I want children who feel embarrassed because they speak Spanish to realize that there are places where the beautiful Spanish they speak is an asset.

Writers are always diverse on the inside.

It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has lived for so long with these characters, sometimes for years.

I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It's a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I'm grateful for every day that I live here.

I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text.

I write because I am curious. I am curious about me.

Your Texas is no different than my Texas.

When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual.

I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.

I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.

She shook her head and whispered, "No. No! That can't be true. Impossible!""You think things have to be possible? Things have to be true!

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

What we need to envision the future, ... stop thinking about the present and saying, 'Let's put a Band-Aid here.

Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.

Merge your consciousness with that of a luminous being ... and then from there to eternity.

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for.

If you don't co-operate you're gonna suffer from fistophobia.

I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead.

Creating music and just having someone's art directs the way you think about life subconsciously.