I read Eve Ensler and thought it was fabulous. Not only that, but it was really the only thing I could relate to about cancer.

The deepest secret in our heart of hearts is that we are writing because we love the world.

I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us to love something for no reason. That's the best kind of love.

You don't know what you're doing. You're just hoping that people won't make fun of you. I had no idea how it would turn out.

To stay close and intimate with experience is to stay close to the mind; the nitty gritty mind of the way things really are.

Over and over, we have to go back to the beginning. We should not be ashamed of this. It is good. It's like drinking water.

All of us can create if we allow ourselves to.