It's like you're organically developing yourself, moving out, metamorphosing into other forms depending on where you are, what you're doing at the time, how you want to play on things.

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.

This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.

I thought of the pillowcases as a symbol of love and loss, of retaining the memory of your loved one.

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.

Sometimes the mere connection we make with each other can change people's lives. It doesn't have to be something big. The mere fact that you're interested in them makes them happy.

Sometimes it may be something I hear in the news that affects me.