What are you thinking?” She asks. -That you are beautiful. That not everyone could see it. I almost became the kind of person who could not..

Writing is.... being able to take something whole and fiercely alive that exists inside you in some unknowable combination of thought, feeling, physi….

There isn't going to be anyone to tell you what to do most of the time. It has to be your own decision and you have to learn to trust that, or learn ….

I think people hold back all kinds of things. And in a way, they just want to be nice. They want to be civil..

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….

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….

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….

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..

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 ….

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 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'….

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..