From that day on I go to each door in turn and sing the three songs that I remember from school. Within a few days I'm overwhelmed how happy they appear to be when they hear or recognize me.

When you face a new challenge, remember the skills, talent, guts and resources that got you through before.

...a book, a real book, language incarnate, becomes a part of one's bodily life.

The oven became hotter and hotter, and Hansel began to sweat. Then a delicious smell wafted to his nostrils. Oh no! he thought. I'm cooking! He sniffed at the air. And I smell delicious!

I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible.

There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell

The lands are lit with all the autumn blaze of golden-rod, and everywhere the purple asters nod and bend and wave and flit.

Divorce doesn't fit my cookie-cutter image.

To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living

I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.

We should never allow presentation to become a casualty of method.