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.

When I started meditating, even doing yoga, I felt like it was hard to allow myself to develop any other kind of practice [outside of Judaism], like I was somehow being untrue to my heritage, and that was something I had to get over and was probably the greatest revelation to me.

Courage is more important than confidence

I've always felt like my nose is pressed to glass. I always feel a little bit like an outsider.

When I was starting out there was no Internet, there wasn't this sense that you could be connected to other writers around the world. And that created a kind of innocence, or parochial quality, even in NYC.

Our pain is a part of who we authentically are.

The truth is in the present moment.