I hope that I capture something in my work that is about the elusive, the magical and powerful and the transformative. The writing in itself is transformative for me.

Life luscious wet life bereft of death, loss of empty shell minus absent of nothing exploding star cell amoeba sweet algae oxygen, hydrogen flowering in the vacuum ofspace and magnetic motion.

Samantha reminds me of the difference between what is illusion and what is real. I am reminded whenever I forget that we choose our truth and whether to embrace it or not.

True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.

Going through the legislative process is always better, in part because it's harder to undo.

The point of flight. To get rid of oneself. That was reason enough to fly.

In every winter's heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

I'm a very, very disciplined person.

Most music is metaphor, but Wolff is not. I am not metaphor either. Parable, maybe. Cage is sermon.

Unless a man has considerable skill with and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by.

A writer should give direct certainty; explanations are so much water poured into the wine.