“A writer's goal is to weave the ordinary into fine silk and the truly extraordinary into diaphanous clarity ...”

“We writers are a crazy group. I can't think of any other profession where the actual work is deep within, uncomfortable, and wanting out.”

“May you always see the world through the eyes of a child.”

“At this stage of my life, I've finally come to realize I've learned more from my children than they ever learned from me.”

“When writing for children, it's important to keep in touch with our own inner child. What frightened them, made them happy, made them sad or angry?”

“A writer learns that easy to read is hard to write ...”

“Dont let a day go by without asking who you areeach time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.”

“Going beyond thoughts is merely to reduce the multiplicity of your thought.Thoughts lead to words, words to language, language to action. Action to realization, and back again to thoughts.For the m...”

“The gaps are the thing. The gaps are the spirit's one home, the altitudes and latitudes so dazzlingly spare and clean that the spirit can discover itself like a once-blind man unbound. The gaps are...”

“Listen to your intuition. When you're at a crossroad, the little voice is always talking to you. You just have to pay attention.”

“There is an inner gift that each of us possess as deep insightful knowing, regardless of our circumstances. It isnt as difficult to access this gift as some would make it out to be. It is quiet sim...”

“Surround yourself with 'yay-sayers' not naysayers.”