I really don't feel that writing is therapy.

I want to say that, in general, when it works, open adoption is great.

History releases me from my own experience and jogs my fictional imagination.

It would be a lie to say that people are coming to adoption with joy at all times. Hope, perhaps, but it would be disingenuous to say that every part coming to an adoption isn't seriously grieving.

I feel like if writers used writing as therapy we'd have a ton of happy writers.

I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

The past always sort of haunts us and perhaps inspires us in some ways.

I'm a morning person: if I don't get up, put the coffee on and get to my desk by 8, the day has already lost a lot of its promise.

The birth mother is placing the baby out of love. I still believe that. Well, the ones weve dealt with who were actually pregnant, anyway.

As writers, we don't just need to write about poverty or war or the immigrant experience.

I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.

If you want to give a message to the world, let it be simple, as simple as the life of a shepherd!

This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so much more to embrace.

The only thing to know is how to use your neuroses.

I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it.

The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.

One of the reasons why architects are often attracted to philosophers, partially, has to do with making sense of the world around us as well as the making of worlds.

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

The cloud of mind is discharging its collected lightning.

I'm attacking the basket more. Because I'm more comfortable on the line, that's an area I want to get to.

I've been doing som jogging at home recently and every time I try the distance I end up beating his time with like three or four seconds.