When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.

To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.

And what is more generous than a window?

Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.

A writer is someone who writes!

Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.

Writing and prayer are both a form of love, and love takes courage.

Jesus said, “But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

It occurred to me that when I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait.

Putting words onto paper—when it is done as an honest act of search or connection, rather than as an act of manipulation, performance, self-aggrandizement or self-protection—is a holy act.

God’s love is God’s attention.

The moment you feel like you need to prove yourself, is the moment you need to be silent and walk away.

A woman who holds her head up too high, is trying to breathe from her own pollution.

I feel like there is an emphasis against teaching geography in American schools. Americans don't say, "I'm going to Germany." They say, "I'm going to Europe."

I don't believe in welfare.

I believe if I stay tall and run up high, I can see better.

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

Respecting others' opinions doesn't mean being untrue to our own.

The way out is through the door you came in.

Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in.