"Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden."

“The meaning of the story is the story.”

“I grew up in a school system . . . where nobody understood the meaning of learning disorder. In the West Indies, I was constantly being physically abused because the whipping of students was permitted.”

“We must slow down to a human tempo and we’ll begin to have time to listen.”

“I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.”

“I'm so happy to be around people. I just really like people, and being a freelancer can be lonely during the day, when you're at home trying to write anything you can.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. January 20, 2011.

“I like to sing love songs.”

“When you can feel that close to something you're used to seeing from this great distance, well, it changes a person.”

“But give me more credit than that. Someone else may have dealt the hand, but I picked it up off the table, I played every card, and I had my reasons.”