I became a good writer when I saw the age of forty coming at me

I want children who feel embarrassed because they speak Spanish to realize that there are places where the beautiful Spanish they speak is an asset.

Writers are always diverse on the inside.

It is always a tense moment for an author to see how someone hasillustrated his or her story, because the author has lived for so long with these characters, sometimes for years.

I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It's a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I'm grateful for every day that I live here.

I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text.

I write because I am curious. I am curious about me.

Your Texas is no different than my Texas.

When I'm writing poetry, 99.9% of my writing begins in English. I spent most of my life in English, although I am bilingual.

I often focus more on language than on the conveying of information.

Sometimes the most evolved souls take the most challenging paths

You'll never be able to really measure anything, right? Including teachers.

What we have is a gift from Him. What we do with what we have is our gift to him

Yes, I wanted to win! I wanted the belt! I'm a belt mark! I want to sleep with it! I want to wear that and nothing else to church on Sunday!

However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

The present is big with the future, the future might be read in the past, the distant is expressed in the near.

You cannot laugh and be unkind at the same time

Without my mentors there is no Misty.

I don't know a lot about politics. I like talking about human behavior. Politicians are funny to me because they often say one thing and behave a different way.

When you're younger, you feel like work is work and relationships are supposed to be easy. As you get older, you realize you have to work at relationships to make them sustainable.