No matter how much you want to be self-sufficient and alone, there is a natural human impulse to need something more than that.

At some point in the journey of being in it for yourself, you realize you need other people. Any good frontier story, in some respect, is about that.

There are realities about what it is to be a woman in this world that are born from social convention. No matter how far away you are from civilization, you can't fully get away from that.

I believe that entertainment and amusements are the work of the Enemy to keep dying men from knowing they're dying; and to keep enemies of God from remembering that they're enemies.

If we don't risk it all, we may as well not write at all.

Memory is satisfied desire.

I think my life has everything, you know; it has comedy, has drama, has action.

Passion and platonic friendliness, often contrary siblings, frequently wear similar faces to hide the great distance between them.

Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe and transcends all boundaries.

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

Some people say I'm a no count, others say I'm no goodBut I'm just a natural born travelin' manDoin' what I think I should, oh yeahDoin' what I think I should.

Every great love starts with a great story.

My wife and I just prefer Seattle. It's a beautiful city. Great setting. You open your front door in the morning and the air smells like pine and the sea, as opposed to bus exhaust.