Diane Glancy

“I feel the spirits of my ancestors. They are always with me.”

“The road is a word, conceived elsewhere and laid across the country.”

“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.”

“You have to have a story to tell. You have to have a story that has to be told.”

“History is a story, and we are all part of it.”

“I think there is a heritage which I’m glad to be part of.”

“The past is always with us, in our bones, in our blood.”

“I write from my own curiosity. I want to see how families work.”

“Writing is a way of processing the world.”

“We carry our histories within us. They are part of our landscape.”

“Poetry is a way of seeing the world in a new light.”

“Sometimes the only way to find your voice is to listen.”

“What is it to be a writer? A writer is a person who cares what words are said, what words are not said, what words are spelled out, what words are left to the imagination.”