If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.

Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write

I could spend two years cross-legged on my floor and feel like I was working.

My desk is covered with talismans: pieces of rose quartz, wishing stones from a favorite beach.

I'm most connected to myself when I'm alone in a room, moving my hand across a page. That's when I feel most like me.

Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.

My parents made the decision never to focus on my looks, and I had no sense of myself as beautiful.