No matter how sophisticated our lives may be we need to think of ourselves as creative children.

What would a nontoxic god think of your creative goals? Might such a god really exist?

Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

When I went in, my editor said, ‘I hope you don’t think you’re a writer.’ And I said, ‘I hope you don’t think I’m a journalist.’ And, uh, turned out we were both right.

And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50)

Treating myself like a precious object will make me strong.