I would like to say that I helped out our men in uniform, but the truth is I probably just grumbled at the noise.

I often think, no one wants to read this. No one wants to hear this. My own work makes me cringe sometimes, cringe in a "there's nothing I can do because it had to come out like this" kind of way.

I have always wanted to midcourse-correct (or undermine) in a poem, and let that be the turn. That poem is to do with displacement, with almosts - even the rhymes are intentionally off.

Troubles always seemed more severe after the sun went down. Even irrational worries and fears could seem perfectly logical at midnight.

Every Christian has the chance to become an outstanding person.

Emotions are the glue that holds the cells of the organism together.

Being such a big band is never a problem but it can be distracting.

I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family.

Hillary Clinton's policies are bigoted because she knows they're not going to work.

You have to have confidence in who you are, because you never know who's depending on you.

There's never one "ding-dong" moment.You never know for sure if you're doing the right thing. Things don't end all at once.

Never try and go on a solo mission on your own.

I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of illusions.