Of course there’s something there; unfortunately, there’s always something ‘there.’ Something you will one day be sorry you saw..

I think people try to make the most of their time on earth and also to fix their time on earth. They try to fix external verities, things that are tr….

You can teach people a lot about craft and various techniques, and you can certainly teach them to appreciate, but you cannot give them spirit or sou….

The best definition I've heard is that guilt is about what you've done, shame is about who you are. If something's out of my control, I don't feel sh….

The art of integrating the ego and the impulse for empathy in a dynamic call and response..

I think the closest thing I can come to defining what that vital thing is for me - is that there's a sort of soul-quality in writing, if it's any goo….

I think if a woman is very happy with herself and at ease with her choices, it goes a long way toward making other people feel at ease with her..

My ambition was to live like music..

The only way to know whats possible is to venture past impossible..

It's bizarre: I've tried to understand why people are into Trump. I really don't think I can. I don't think it's as simple as just racism. I do think….

Partly, I'm worried that no one is saying anything because they are afraid of being seen as politically correct..

Human beings look so different from each other, voices are so different, everything about us is so individual, and that's so exciting and juicy and a….

I know several women my age who are really poor...because they spent most of their energy taking care of children..

Whenever young writers ask me for advice, I always say you have to be able to take a lot of rejection because, unless you're very lucky, that's what'….

Death is a big theme in the book, illness. What is that? It's a fact that human beings - no matter who they are, no matter how healthy or strong or b….

But now all the natural secrets have been exposed, and it is likely that the turtles have been sold to laboratory scientists who want to remove their….

When he held her that way, she felt so happy that it disturbed her. After he left, it would take her hours to fall asleep, and then when she woke up ….

I think, over the course of one's lifetime, there are always certain core elements that are intriguing to you, and you take different looks as you ge….

When you approach the second half of your life, you start to unconsciously consider what you're passing on. As a writer, that's obviously part of wha….

I can be very in my head, but I don't trust my head all that much. My head is crazy. My head will talk to itself all day and all night if I let it. A….

If I'm meeting somebody for the first time, I don't look them up on Wikipedia, or I try not to, because I would not want somebody to be thinking they….