I wanted her to see that the only life worth living is a life full of love; that loss is always part of the equation; that love and loss conjoined are the best opportunity we get to live fully, to be our strongest, our most compassionate, our most graceful selves.

in general, I feel most comfortable between known quantities.

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.

I wanted her to see that the only life worth living is a life full of love; that loss is always part of the equation; that love and loss conjoined are the best opportunity we get to live fully, to be our strongest, our most compassionate, our most graceful selves.

I've always said the toughest thing about learning to feel your feelings is that then you have to feel your feelings.

I'm about going out in the world and noticing stuff, and going home and writing it down, and putting it next to other stuff I've noticed and seeing what happens.

I've always traveled. I'm a professor in a limited way. I teach one class two quarters out of four, so I get traveling done.