I was born with my eyes turned inward.

Being there doesn't mean I'm present. I exist only in words. I want to be transmuted fully to white page and ink.

Metaphor is a slippery eel, if it wasn't for its shock I'd stick to the easy catch of prose.

Erase the parts that make me unhappy. I guess that means emphasizing the parts that do.

It sounded somewhat doom-laden, so I felt obliged to look it up more thoroughly, in case I should eat some chocolate rather quickly.

I am not in the entertainment business. I don't give a damn if it was spectacular or not. I want cause and effect.

Because I'm the kind of girl who fantasizes about being trapped in a library overnight.

When you love a song so much you have to sing, you know how you feel - it releases something in you that resonates as true, whether it's James Brown or Joni Mitchell.

In today's competitive economy, to stand still is to die.

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

You feel better in the short run when you have a tub of ice cream, but in the long run, you don't.

To wait is not to sit with folded hands, but to learn to do what we are told.