I write well on the road. I have the energy, I have the motivation to write. I'm happy when I'm on the road.

Being in the presence of the "other" seems to show me who I am in a way that is really important to me. I feel radically more comfortable in Laos, say, than I do in Pennsylvania.

I always think, when I'm in motion, writing seems like the most natural thing.

Traveling is my priority, because it drives the writing, so I teach around the travel, and sometimes the travel is the teaching.

I've been to a lot of school and read a lot of thick books, but at my very core there's a made-for-TV-movie mentality I don't think i will ever shake.

The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

Stillness is a harder concept for me than ecstasy, but I can imagine it best when I am fully present and paying strict attention to a place I am moving through.