I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky.

I feel very rich when I have time to write and very poor when I get a regular paycheck and no time at my real work.

All of us can create if we allow ourselves to.

If I didn't have that, fear and projections over what was coming next could have taken over. But it was tough. Don't think I was an angel. It was hell.

It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice.

Oh, my passion! That is what finally carried me through. Let passion burn all the way, heating up every layer of the psyche.

I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work.