In my more rebellious days I tried to doubt the existence of the sacred, but the universe kept dancing and life kept writing poetry across my life. (Beyond Religion, p. 81)

While art should never become exclusionary and elitist, any culture which fails to support its artists is only contributing to its own impoverishment. (Beyond Religion, p. 122)

Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence.

But that night in her dream she flew high above the earth in a moonless sky. Behind her, like a falling star, sailed a silver sled.

What is your hands to make a difference in the world?

It's dogged as does it.

When people warn me about someone - the label head or the publishing head - that somebody is difficult, I'm in heaven.

Certainly, we do not need to be soothed and entertained always like children. He who resorts to the easy novel, because he is languid, does no better than if he took a nap.

Frances and Courtney, I'll be at your altar/ Please keep going Courtney, for Frances/ For her life, which will be so much happier without me/ I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU.

After Fifty Shades of Grey, I think my writing is pretty tame, isn't it?

A smile breeds a smile.

The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once