Dan explains the trip’s itinerary, which includes trekking through the jungle, boating down the Amazon River, and to my surprise, three Ayahuasca ceremonies.

Hmm. I think love is about loving all things, to treat each and every thing and every one as a sovereign being that’s free to make its own choices.

Every time I gaze at stars above, I feel small, big, infinite and connected all at the same time, and tonight on the Amazon is no different.

I feel part of the environment, not separate from it, as though I’m at home rather than visiting—as though I’m tapped into some eternal omnipresence beyond the transient physical forms.

I sit up and stare with eyes closed, perceiving the infinity of this dimension, so grateful to experience this, comfortable with the idea of this journey either ending shortly or continuing forever.

There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic.

People wonder why you choose certain subjects to write about. The truth is: you don't really. They choose you

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.

I was fortunate to become the woman I always wanted to be.

I love writing family stories.

When we discuss those we love with those who do not love them, the end of love is near.

People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.

I start crying when certain things come up, certain memories, certain feelings, and it's intense. But I think it's good for me - and therapeutic.

George [Clooney] and I do have the aim one day to be in a film where we say one nice thing to each other. Hopefully one day.

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.