I love reading poetry, and yet, at this point, the thought of writing a poem, to me, is tantamount to figuring out a trigonometry question.

That's what books are for... to travel without moving an inch.

Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.

A bicultural upbringing is a rich but imperfect thing

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

That the last two letters in her name were the first two in his, a silly thing he never mentioned to her but caused him to believe that they were bound together.

It didn't matter that I wore clothes from Sears; I was still different. I looked different. My name was different. I wanted to pull away from the things that marked my parents as being different.

Building confidence comes from overcoming the voice in your head that says you are not capable silence the noise and then prove it wrong.

Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.

Cat herding is simple. Just drag a string behind you.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

In the world of Buddhist mind, in the advanced states, we go beyond time, space, life, death and Newsweek.

I have three sons, and I think were both fierce protectors of our children.

As for developing a writing style'I would say that I tried to copy the pacing of the old movies I loved as a kid.

I prefer that laughter shall take me unawares. Only so can it master and dissolve me.

I'm much more optimistic about the future than I probably was.

A divine dance appears in the soul and the body at the time of peace and union.Anyone can learn the dance, just listen to the music.