Walking was not fast enough, so we ran. Running was not fast enough, so we galloped. Galloping was not fast enough, so we sailed. Sailing was not fas….

Every ending is arbitrary, because the end is where you write The end. A period, a dot of punctuation, a point of stasis. A pinprick in the paper: yo….

What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective is necessary. Otherwi….

Because you may think a bed is a peaceful thing, Sir, and to you it may mean rest and comfort and a good night's sleep. But it isn't so for everyone;….

Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations..

Instead I will say, "Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes, your nouns. Take me to your finger….

If you want to be a writer, you should go into the largest library you can find and stand there contemplating the books that have been written. Then ….

I suppose it's everyone's fate to be reduced to quaintness by those younger than themselves..

The short answer to 'Why do you write' is - I suppose I write for some of the same reasons I read: to live a double life; to go places I haven't been….

The astrologers would tell that the U.S. is ruled by fire and Canada is ruled by water. Short version: You pep us up, we cool you down..

And she finds it difficult to believe—that a person would love her even when she isn't trying. Trying to figure out what other people need, trying to….

The problem is huge. We've just added seventy-five million people to the already large proportion of people in the world who are malnourished all the….

You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn..

We're facing growing climate change, more floods, more droughts, more crisis on a planetary level, and the systems we put in place in the twentieth c….

For me the experience of writing is really an experience of losing control.... I think it's very much like dreaming or like surfing. You go out there….

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at som….

And consider: it is loss to which everything flows, absence in which everything flowers.

When you're unhinged, things make their way out of you that should be kept inside, and other things get in that ought to be shut out. The locks lose ….

You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there's no free lunch. Writing is work. It's ….

Some people mistakenly think nature is very nice and benevolent and never betrays..

... Remember that forgiveness too is a power. To beg for it is a power, and to withold or bestow it is a power, perhaps the greatest..