You have to watch out with my plays. They're like yeast. You think they're one thing, then all of a sudden subtext gets to working.

I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.

If I ever teach writing again, I’d say the first lesson is to listen.

I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's minds.

When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid

I come out of a strong oral tradition in the South.

Writing is the thing that props me up.

Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw or because they're happy it's over?

Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

Bill Evans described his tunes as vehicles; they are vehicles for self-expression, or expression of the self.

There is a single energy of God and the saints? they are living icons of Christ, being the same as He is, by grace rather than by assimilation.

I really am enjoying my economics class, but I think my favorite course has to be history.

[A] high minded gallantry in defense of the foundations of Christian culture.

My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.

We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.