There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph or painting.

I always thought that bagels and lox was my soul food, but it turns out it's sushi.

I find it inspiring to actively choose which traditions to celebrate and also come up with new ideas for traditions of my own.

Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.

She wishes her grandmother had not been so protective, and that she understood better what passes between a man and woman. As it is, she simply enjoys the feelings and wonders if they are what lightning is made of, for everything comes back to the weather. Tears like rain. Smiles like the sun. Hair as dry as sand and fear like the dark ocean.

People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting. Somewhere in those faded, handwritten lines there is a story that has been packed away in a dusty old box for years.