I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world.

Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

Early in the phase of being in a female body, there's all this desire that comes at you, a lot of it hostile, a lot of it dangerous, a lot of it ruinous.

I do some messing around with things, not necessarily about me but about place and people and the things around.

I grew up flying over oceans and moving and sailing.

There's a lot of water in everything I've ever written. There's always oceans and pools.

You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful.

In order to have a real life of any romance, there has to be a level of fantasy.

I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination.

That's what perfect means. You're finished.

I've always wanted to figure out how to do a walking story. I'd never figured out how to do one and have it work or be interesting or have anything that it's about.

The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!

Reality is reality when it exists inside and outside the mind.

If you understood everything I said, you’d be me

People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.

Prayer is the key discipline whereby all spiritual work is done.

I want to find the best opportunity to become the best in the world.

Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented.

I think empathy's a terrible danger for a writer.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

He who can suppress a moments anger may prevent a day of sorrow.