A writer’s life is a life of interruptions.

The world is full of people who have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only to their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are that they should be living by.

The greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The only way to understand painting is to look at it.

"We are all broken, that's how the light gets in."

It was like just before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou.There was a million sparkles on the river..