I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing.

You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful.

You have to want something or you're finished.

I wouldn't underestimate the power of writing a letter.

Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

There's a lot of water in everything I've ever written. There's always oceans and pools.

In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy.