The pain of losing my child was a cleansing experience. I had to throw overboard all excess baggage and keep only what is essential.

The fear is not real, Dil Bahadur; it is only in your mind, like all other things. Our thoughts form what we believe to be reality.

You spend the first part of your life collecting things ... and the second half getting rid of them.

The two moments are much alike: birth and death are made of the same fabric.

Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. If she doesn’t show up invited, eventually she just shows up

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing.

Love is a free contract that begins with a spark and can end the same way.