When I write, I put one foot in front of the other. It's an act of faith. I just follow my heart.

I appreciate all of the unexpected places, internal and external, that my writing has taken me.

Social change can be seen as a mosaic, taking that which is broken and creating something new.

Revolution is not something outside of us, but inside us, begging for our engagement every single day.

Style is like voice, it grows organically from the truth of one's own life experience. Not in terms of chapters, per se, but in terms of stories. It is the story itself that creates an inherent structure.

Our sense of community and compassionate intelligence must be extended to all life forms, plants, animals, rocks, rivers, and human beings. This is the story of our past and it will be the story of our future.

Our correspondences have wings - paper birds that fly from my house to yours - flocks of ideas crisscrossing the country. Once opened, a connection is made. We are not alone in the world.