Today I will find something beautiful.Delicate pink blossoms on a cherry tree.The dove resting near the lemon buds.Sunbeams smiling from sky to earth.Smiling on me."Creating" in BREATHE IN

Heavy as such things areAfter the wordslide, the writing begins."From "Word Quake

to split the very sea into ours and theirs." Border at the BeachAnd More White Sheets

pencils racing across paper, a sound I like." Marisol

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories

A few blossoms float into the room. They drop like frayed yellow ribbons on the gray carpet.

Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying. . . "Spring Flight

I never tired of picturing sharks.

Step-parents, those fairy tale villains, Have been given a bad name.They're easy targets.When the family goes awryHow easy to blame them.I was blessed by the right steps...

A dog's good for filling a grief-dug hole.""In the Shape of Shep

Oh, my father, such a difficult man.His world turned on his axis.From "The Father Tamer" in BREATHE IN

I have always found peace among books.

Writers are in many ways like demi-gods. With one stroke of a pen they can give life to a character, or strike them from existence, with nary a twinge of grief at their passing.

You will never win anyone through pity. You must create the right kind of dream, the sober, adult kind of magic: illusion born from disillusion.

Some day, the world will discover that, without thought, there can be no love.

I don't have a problem with people from Slovakia and Lithuania. But I do have a problem with immigration from Islamic countries.

Guess what, I might be the first hippie pinup girl.

The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing.

One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.

I sort of loved the bustle of a thousand questions. Women are inherently kind of multitaskers.

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.