Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it's certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word.

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 want to lean back into the past, or forward into the future. I don't want to wish the present moment away. The truth is in the present moment. The great paradox is that when I'm really able to do that, time slows down and opens up. Time feels suddenly and inexplicably without end.

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.

What's more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it's the bedrock of everything essential about being human.

The only graceful thing to do is recognize and embrace what is actually happening, rather than fight against it.

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