I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.

In my life as a wife and mother, I'm always conscious of my desire to be present.

I think there's something about a writer's disposition, that is, even if unaware, always slightly in a witness state.

I don't want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment away.

I never feel so alive as when I'm writing and the work is going well.

There is no end to the promotion. There is no end to the possibilities. You can continue to promote a book for years, literally.

I don't know why this is, but I really believe that things don't happen when we're trying to will them into being. They don't happen when we're waiting for the phone to ring, or the email to pop up in our in box. They don't happen when we're gripping too tightly. They happen - if they happen at all - when we've fully let go of the results. And, perhaps, when we're ready.