We do not love anything more deeply than we love a story.

I try to be good but sometimes a person just has to break out and act like the wild and springy thing one used to be. It's impossible not to remember wild an want it back.

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.

It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I can't wait until morning - it'll be gone.

I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.

I have a little dog who likes to nap with me. He climbs on my body and puts his face in my neck. He is sweeter than soap. He is more wonderful than a diamond necklace, which can't even bark.