Poems give you the lives of others and then circle in on your own inner world.

the house protects the dreamer; the houses that are important to us are the ones that allow us to dream in peace. Guests we've had stop in for a night or two all come down the first morning, ready to tell their dreams.

The longer you are in a place, the more you get under its layers.

I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.

What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we've sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers.

Although I am a person who expected to be rooted in one spot forever, as it has turned out I love having the memories of living in many places.

Sometimes you have to travel back in time, skirting the obstacles, in order to love someone.