As a biologist, I can't think of myself as anything but an animal among animals and plant..

People love to read about sins and errors, but not their own..

...trust in Creation which is made fresh daily and doesn’t suffer in translation. This God does not work in especially mysterious ways. The sun here ….

On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for lightning to strike. Who was I, vo….

Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world t….

My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it's because my head is too full of words, and I just need to get to….

I believe that the people who survive a cataclysm, rather than those who stand by and analyze it, are nearly always the more credible witnesses to th….

Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them..

Quit smoking in the hope of growing old. It takes a long time to write. People go to books for wisdom and older authors tend to have more of it..

If it's important, your heart remembers..

The wrong words are impossible when there are no words..

Listen. Slide the weight from your shoulders and move forward. You are afraid you might forget, but you never will. You will forgive and remember..

A miscarriage is a natural and common event. All told, probably more women have lost a child from this world than haven't. Most don't mention it, and….

No matter what kind of night you're having, morning always wins..

This Forest eats itself and lives forever..

If you never stepped on anybody's toes, you never been for a walk..

...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you..

a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth..

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you ha….

You know what the issue is? Do you want to know? It's what these guys have decided to call America. They have the audacity to say, 'There, you sons o….

Now, see, that's why you want Internet friends. You can find people just exactly like you. Screw your neighbors and your family, too messy...the trou….