The Red Kimono tells it all—the bitterness and pain as well as the joy, pride and patriotism of a people too resilient to be beaten by racism..

You know what a storyteller is, don't you? It's a person that has a good memory who hopes other people don't..

When it's raining pudding, hold up your bowl..

It was marrying that made women appreciate other women..

Nobody starts out a perfect quilter..

After all, a woman didn't leave much behind in the world to show she'd been there. Even the children she bore and raised got their father's name. But….

Jam on a winter took away the blue devils. It was like tasting summer..

The thing I'm writing now, I have various characters, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, this couple dies. And they have a daughter. ...I thought, ….