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.

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.

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

I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.

I think that there are certain feelings and things you can convey in a simple form that people can see and understand.

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.

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