Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.

My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience.

I found my way to make my peace with the recent past by turning it into WORD.

All art points to others with whom the writer argues about what is . . . He must have models with which to agree . . . or outright oppose . . . for Nature seems to remain silence.

Faith gives us strength.Grace gives us power.Hope gives us anchor.

Body and soul can never be marriedI need to become who I already am and will bellow forever at this incongruity which has committed me to hell

Eating a burrito is like eating a living, breathing organism - you can feel the burrito's ingredients sigh inside with each bite, each squeeze.

LeavingHe stood backlitby windows full of winter, a shade thrown over his face.What a waste, I thought.What relief.

I must go down to the sea...to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by......

In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it.

Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.

The creative principle is less about dogma and more about opening ourselves to the evolution of consciousness.

Self-love knows no impediment.

I don't care if it's politics, religion or football. I believe you have to keep opening your mind. And shut your mouth sometimes!