It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it.

All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.

The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life meaningful either.

Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their lives.

You're always weighing whether you should be that accessible or not, but my personality is naturally just to throw it all out there, so I'm much more comfortable with doing thatmy personality is naturally just to throw it all out there, so I'm much more comfortable with doing that.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves.