“If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up ha...” — Patsy Cline Quote

“If I made a list of the people I admire, Mom would probably fill up half of it. She could do anything and everything.”

“Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry.”

“I'm having surgery today to have my face cleaned up. But it will take some fancy stitching to make me all beautiful again!”

“As an undergraduate, I took two writing workshops taught by Elizabeth Hardwick. She was certainly a major influence, though more as a writer I greatly admired than as a teacher. As for other writers, I think it's safe to say that my work has been and continues to be influenced to one degree or another by every writer whose work I love and admire.”

“I really admire people that do more than one thing. That's sort of the goal, right - to be an artist that can work in any medium. That's what I hope for my career.”