The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead... that I'd finally found my sport.

You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them.

The door that closed kept us from entering a room, but what now lies before us is the rest of reality.

The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

If I feel unhappy, I do mathematics to become happy. If I am happy, I do mathematics to keep happy.

It is worth it to me to know I have succeeded based on my abilities and not on my looks or any 'connections.' I've tried not to embody destructive female images in my work.

I like to read, but otherwise I'm just your average, self-obsessed comedian. It's pretty much all I think about.

In fact, the bigger the bill, the less likely you are to spend it. If you want to really save money, spend only cash and carry only fifty-dollar bills.

To be exact has naught to do with pedantry or dogma.

Whereever you end up;" Jack whispered into my ear."I wish you clear skies. Always