“I have accepted fear as part of life specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....”

“We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.”

“the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is gods messenger.”

“Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.”

“Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.”

“Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”

“Life itself is simple...it's just not easy.”

“Making peace is often a simple thing, but simple isnt the same thing as easy.”

“Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers.”

“Power in society is achieved through control of the purse, pen, and politics.”

“You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.”

“It's an imaginative thing we do; it's about immersing oneself in one's imagination. If you're a novelist, you do it with pen and paper. We do it with our bodies.”