The thing I want to know is, if you tell your brain not to do stuff... and it keeps doing it anyway, does that mean your mind has a mind of its own? And if it does, then who's in charge here, anyway?

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Growth in the ability to write comes in spurts.

You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya—life—to me.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Intuition works best when you remember that “tuition” is part of it. You need to have paid ahead of time (ie done your prep work) so as to prepare the ground for intuition.

Know, my son, that the enemy will always be with you. He will be in the shadow of your dreams and in your living flesh, for he is the other part of yourself.