No one book of scripture can be understood by itself, any more than any one part of a tree or member of the body can be understood without reference to the whole of which it is a part.

Sadly, in too many cases surrender is having been ‘outrun’ by fear rather than having ‘run out’ of heart.

Men are all the same. Novelty amongst themselves displeases and upsets them – but if the novelty is wearing a skirt, they go crazy f

For we must share if we would keep that blessing from above Ceasing to give we cease to have such is the law of love.

Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take.

Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.

The pool of people you care about is going to shift over time.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

Single motherhood is an amazing thing; it's a blessing.

I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.

I'm pretty tight - I rewrite, in some cases, 70 to 80 times before I show it to people.