Oh, my father, such a difficult man.His world turned on his axis.From "The Father Tamer" in BREATHE IN

Heavy as such things areAfter the wordslide, the writing begins."From "Word Quake

to split the very sea into ours and theirs." Border at the BeachAnd More White Sheets

pencils racing across paper, a sound I like." Marisol

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories

A few blossoms float into the room. They drop like frayed yellow ribbons on the gray carpet.

Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying. . . "Spring Flight

Today I will find something beautiful.Delicate pink blossoms on a cherry tree.The dove resting near the lemon buds.Sunbeams smiling from sky to earth.Smiling on me."Creating" in BREATHE IN

I never tired of picturing sharks.

Step-parents, those fairy tale villains, Have been given a bad name.They're easy targets.When the family goes awryHow easy to blame them.I was blessed by the right steps...

A dog's good for filling a grief-dug hole.""In the Shape of Shep

The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!

He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian.

Teaching is not a lost art but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

I'm really good in pain. I snapped my leg in half on stage and played a whole show. But I can't sit there with someone that loves me.

Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.

Adam and Eve were the first of all unions to defy management.

In some pictures of Provincetown the persons of the inhabitants are not drawn below the ankles, so much being supposed to be buried in the sand.

People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city s walls.

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

What have I eaten? Lies and smiles.