I don't approach my writing or my work from an academic or analytical point of view. I do it for myself.

Often when people tell their story, they talk about their strengths and resiliency. It's really about their determination and their aspiration to survive and live.

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.

Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it.

I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and trauma.

It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.

Even though I'm not privileged in the money world, I'm privileged in other ways: I had greater access to education, I can travel, etc. It's the same with writing: the freedom to move in and out of different places, of different realms of existence, of different life forms.