What's really important in life? Sitting on a beach? Looking at television eight hours a day? I think we have to appreciate that we're alive... →
Victor Kiam
I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
Abbas Kiarostami
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a... →
I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult... →
Sue Monk Kidd
Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in... →
Due to the sweeping time frame and the voices moving back and forth, the outline for 'The Invention of Wings' was the strangest one I've... →
I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped... →
A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me.
I read usually in the morning, in my kitchen at breakfast - a short reading time, usually poetry. I read in bed every night. I usually get in bed... →