Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.
Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it.
Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything.
I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.
Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize.
For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future.
Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away.
Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.
Truth is not arrived at by majority vote.
I modeled for a little while in college. I was desperate to travel, and I got scouted, and they wanted me to go to Paris and London for six months. And I discovered that I hated it. I didn't like the expectation to be pretty all the time.
Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights!