Positive human action is not only possible, but pervasive; human beings can improve and choose light and so on. And this is all happening.

I tend to foster drama via bleakness. If I want the reader to feel sympathy for a character, I cleave the character in half, on his birthday. And then it starts raining. And he's made of sugar.

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.

What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering, and I responded . . . sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.

Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

It's a big world, and I really like it.

Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain.

The generalizing writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I'm not being clear, exactly, but don't you kind of feel what I'm feeling?

Kindness, it turns out, is hard - it starts out all rainbows and puppy dogs, and expands to include . . . well, EVERYTHING.

Knowing is not enough. You must accept My blessings in order to attain a better life. You must embrace a higher level of consciousness.

Knowing it does not compare with loving it

Maybe your mind won't remember what I cooked last week, but your body will.

I have a black pair of suede Jimmy Choos. I've only worn them once to a Sony event. The heels have these arrow plates in a pattern. There's gold, black and white and they're amazing!

A man of Seville is shaved by the Barber of Seville if and only if the man does not shave himself. Does the barber shave himself?

There are ten men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.

We are asking a really fundamental question whether thought can ever be creative. If thought is not the ground of creation then what is creation? Is love the only factor that is creative?

I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day.

I'm a simple girl. I just like the simple things in life.

Ego is simply an idea of who you are that you carry around with you.