Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.

If you're going to fall in love with anyone, fall in love with a writer. Allow yourself to become immortalised in words.

Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for the very first time.

The best thing about being a writer is that 'work' is always something you love, plus usually accompanied by tea, coffee and cakes of some sort.

The reason for spiritual enlightenment is not to escape life, but to learn how to live it richly, to enjoy it.The Language of Soul

please, Tana, please.' -lots of characters in The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Willmore: There is no sinner like a young saint.

I wish you did return my regard, " he said. "More than I have ever wished anything in my life! Perhaps you may yet learn to do so: I should warn you that I don't easily despair!

To be told that one can be dependent on one's parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate.

When you focus on a chakra, it's very easy to bring subtle physical energies into your consciousness.

I've always been so intrigued by French language and how it completely changes you, because of cultural context, because of humor.

Some poems are like the Centaurs--a mingling of man and beast, and begotten of Ixion on a cloud.

You must swear never to go on the dole. Never be bored. Find something to do. And don't yawn.

With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.