Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

I think all negotiations should take place at a round table and everybody should have to rotate counterclockwise once an hour so that even the perception of head of the table, or foot, are ritually obliterated.

Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.

You know the Buddhists believe that sometimes when everything is in turmoil, it's because something wonderful is ready to be born and that thing is distracting you so it can have some privacy during the birthing process.

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.