We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.

Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.

Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you'll never write a line.

The aim of my writing is to utterly remove the distance between author and reader so that the book becomes a sort of semipermeable membrane through which feelings, ideas, nutrients pass.

I am not sure if love is a salve or just a deeper kind of wound.

I was surprised by my daughter's generation and how they were rebelling against the '70s idea that sex was perfect and it should be sought.

You're not too fat; you're just in the wrong country.