The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.

Happiness compresses time, makes it dense and bright, pocketsized.

I think the best vacation is the one that relieves me of my own life for a while and then makes me long for it again.

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.

My writing process has changed because it's harder to find uninterrupted time.

Time has a funny way of collapsing when you go back to a place you once loved. You find yourself thinking, I was kissed in that building, I climbed up that tree.

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.