It takes immense genius to represent simply and sincerely what we see in front of us.

I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs.

Life experiences teaches me to depend absolute on God.

it's my responsibility to cultivate the man in my son. I can't be passive about that.

Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however multiform in its evolution.

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.

Spiritual deception is dangerous -and damning.

The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true.

There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.

But in my head I can hear Haymitch's smug, if slightly exasperated, words: "Yes, that's what I'm looking for, sweetheart.

I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.