I do some messing around with things, not necessarily about me but about place and people and the things around.

Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world.

Early in the phase of being in a female body, there's all this desire that comes at you, a lot of it hostile, a lot of it dangerous, a lot of it ruinous.

I grew up flying over oceans and moving and sailing.

There's a lot of water in everything I've ever written. There's always oceans and pools.

You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful.

In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy.

I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination.

That's what perfect means. You're finished.

I've always wanted to figure out how to do a walking story. I'd never figured out how to do one and have it work or be interesting or have anything that it's about.

The world is made of more than particles. It's made of things you can't hold in your hand, like fear, love, loss, hope, truth.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.

We take our kids for physical vaccinations, dental exams, eye checkups. When do we think to take our - our son or daughter for a mental health checkup?

If I'm on holiday, I travel light, but if it is a work trip, I take everything but the kitchen sink.

Substance and content over style and hype any day.

Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.

Our chief want in life, is, someone who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him we are easily great.

If you can just see all the children of the world as your own, all the mothers of the world as you are, we can make a huge difference.

But just because you’re strong and resilient doesn’t mean you never need someone to be there for you, to take care of you.

The greatest security against sin is to be shocked at its presence.