"When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even on days when nothing seemed to happen, I made myself think of something to put in it."

“Telling our stories is what saves us. The story is enough... The very act of storytelling, of arranging memory and invention according to the structure of narrative is, by definition, holy.”

Source : James Carroll (1997). “An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us”, p.283, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further dimension through music and sound. The work is now larger than a hymn. It's really "spoken opera."”

Source : Source: www.theobjectivestandard.com

“I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.”

“Women today have more of an overview of their lives and how marriage is or is not a part of it.”

“A persistent and age-old instinct makes us want to wander Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.”

“Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.”

“Laughter drives shouting away.”

“If the music is good, and if it makes sense as a strong structure and as a drama, and things happen as a result of what happened before, not just as a string of unrelated events, then the question doesn't come up.”