Open your hearts. Deep inside ourselves, we are all one and the same.

I found myself doing so much public speaking, more and more and bigger and bigger.

Our teachers are everywhere. Our teachers are right in front of us, and take so many forms. All we need to do is to open our eyes, to be open to and aware of the possibilities. Otherwise, we walk sightless among miracles.

It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters.

I'm an urban person who loves living in the country.

We can't protect ourselves from pain and heartache. In fact, to love - fully, madly, deeply - is the ensure heartache some day.

There are books that a writer undertakes because she wants to go on a journey, and there are journeys a writer undertakes because she wants to write a book.