I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away with a pick.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

If language were liquid, it would be rushing in. Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be.

To me, a feminist belong in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.

I always thought that if I was popular I must be doing something wrong.

I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write about.

A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.

There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.

I was always inventing characters and making up stories.

I dont think gender is aesthetically defining for me.

I had some fears as a kid, but I was also relatively fearless. Maybe that's a result of living half the time in reality and the other half in fantasy.

It takes many years to lay the solid foundation for final success.

If you are not able to ‘adjust everywhere’, then even the moksha, that you have in your hand, will go away.

It is better to solve one problem five different ways, than to solve five problems one way.

To look and feel my best, I watch my calories and exercise.

I'm not going to become anybody I don't want to become

It's something I find enjoyable. Whether it is a road bike or mountain bike or tandem bike. I enjoy riding a bike.

We're only immortal for a limited time.

It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.

Life is a race. If you delay starting, how can you have any hope of winning?

A Modern Mom to me is not always someone that juggles a career and family. A Modern Mom is a woman who takes care of herself on the inside and the outside.