I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.

Just because you have stopped sinking doesn't mean you're not still underwater.

We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.

Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open.

They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.

In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak.

if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.

I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.

I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself ~ all that runs over will be yours.

It may not be an easy thing to live in sweet fellowship with all those with whom we come in contact

You came into my life and you healed me. You made me feel alive again.

The craft of questions, the craft of stories, the craft of the hands - all these are the making of something, and that something is soul. Anytime we feed soul, it guarantees increase.

The way to fill your life with love is very simple: if you want more love, give more love.

When I was a kid, I liked Superman. When I got a little older, I liked Wolverine. And then I found girls.

I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax

Judging by the vast amount of cookbooks printed and sold in the United States one would think the American woman a fanatical cook. She isn't.

If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King.

There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.