"The first couple of years in the minors were tough for me. My numbers were there, but being away from home so young was tough."

“You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing...”

Source : Josip Novakovich (2008). “Fiction Writer's Workshop”, p.6, Writer's Digest Books

“My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.”

“A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.”

Source : "A Wonderful Life : 50 Eulogies to Lift the Spirit" by Cyrus M. Copeland, (p. 190), 2006.

“ZENITH / NOON beats out / on its solar anvil / the rays of light”

“I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.”

“So that my life be brave, what though not long?”

Source : William Drummond (1856). “The poetical works ed. by W. B. Turnbull”, p.17

“Three directors whose work directly influences mine are Paul Thomas Anderson, Darren Aronofsky and Susanne Bier (her Danish films). You'll notice that they all don't make feel good movies, same as me, and their films are always visually simple but beautiful (and I hope mine are!).”

Source : "Chika Anadu On Her Debut ‘B for Boy,’ Transitioning To Film, Telling ‘Women’s Stories,’ More". Interview with MsWOO, www.indiewire.com. October 29, 2013.

“My pre-occupation is with the relationship between objects, whether I am dealing with woods, fields or water, rocks or trees, shrubs and plants, or groups of plants.”