Occupation: Writer Birth: March 25, 1964
Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just th….
I have not Googled myself. I have not looked at myself on Amazon. It could drive you wild..
We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?.
I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful ….
the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value, too, I suppose. Everything….
Minnesota has been so good to me and so pleased that I love Minnesota..
I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education..
My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up ….
Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing. "I will not," said his father. "I could not." For he….
Have you, in truth, ever seen something so heartbreakingly lovely? What are we to make of a world where stars shine bright in the midst of so much da….
My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the book….
I believe, sometimes, that the whole world has an aching heart..
But still, here are the words Despereaux Tilling spoke to his father. He said, "I forgive you, Pa!" And he said those words because he sensed that it….
How will the world change if we do not question it?.
There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name..
When I was a kid I loved to read, but I didn't write and I didn't create imaginary worlds. So, if one student walks away thinking, "She's obviously j….
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay..
Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll).
There is a lot of love in him, a lot of love in his heart...And he is up there with no one and nothing to love. It is a bad thing to have love and no….
So, yes, at least from my end. You could say there's a lot of Alison [McGhee] in Gollie too..
I hate to cook and love to eat..