Sometimes, in order to go forward, You must first go back.

You are either losing your mind -- or gaining your soul.

Artistic anorexia & sexual avoidance have the same root fears – fear of intimacy, fear of exposure, fear of failure”.

Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention...the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

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.

All of us are far richer than we imagine. None of us possesses a life devoid of magic.

As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.