When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.

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?

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

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

To impart a moral responsibility to exercise fairness in leadership builds greater leaders of strong character.

I think poetry without metaphor is like husband and wife living in separate bedrooms.

To make dollars from cents you have to have sense.

Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.

Sometimes you get submerged by emotion. I think it's very important to express it - which doesn't necessarily mean hitting someone.

I am against the whole cliche of the moment.

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

We have an obligation to give something back to the community that gives so much to us.

You don't love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That's what I mean by love.

Women--one half the human race at least--care fifty times more for a marriage than a ministry.