The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.

The roundness of life's design may be a sign that there is a presence beyond ourselves.

I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

We are like water, aren’t we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.” And something else, I think to myself. Like water, we mostly follow the path of least resistance.

Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.