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

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

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.

Love is the greatest medicine. I ask to be healing medicine for others. I ask my heart to expand its boundaries and to love others as they wish to be loved. I ask my heart to expand its boundaries and open to my being loved as I wish to be loved.

Writing just for the hell of it is heaven.

The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step.

Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.