We live through sound and light—through our technologies.

Words carry oceans on their small backs.

Birth is of course violent. Menstruation is violent. Trust me, if men's penises opened up once a month and shot blood, we'd be hearing about the violence of it.

Sometimes saviors look different than you thought they would.

I am not alone. Whatever else there was or is, writing is with me.

The rocks. They carry the chronology of water. All things simultaneously living and dead in your hands.

When someone says something dunderheaded to me about the material, it's usually a big neon sign revealing their own damage or ignorance, so my compassion kicks in.

In water, like in books—you can leave your life.

Make up stories until you find one you can live with.

Laughter can shake you from the delirium of grief

Aspiration gets stuck in some people. It's difficult to think yes. Or up. When all you feel is fight or run.

It is as if Quincey has replaced the sun in my universe and it is around him that I spin.

You will not experience dramatic change in your struggle as long as you use accountability to describe your sins instead of declaring your need for help in the midst of temptation.

I do think economic and social anxiety is the number one issue. And I'm pretty confident Hillary Clinton will be really riding that train pretty hard.

When harmony, mutual consideration and trust pass out of the home, hell enters in.

A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.

Artists make worlds for people to walk through.

Half the battle is confidence. There are people who have great figures but have terrible confidence so you are not drawn to them because they seem down all the time.

Harriet Tubman was an astronaut, traversing the south to the north by navigating the stars.

I am competitively aggressive. My dream since I was a young boy was to be an NFL quarterback. I am living that dream.

American style is about confidence, independence, diversity and free expression.