One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.

My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.

on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.

When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.