Imperfection inspires invention, imagination, creativity. It stimulates. The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.

The imperfection became a mark of distinction about their home. Something visitors noticed, the first family anecdote that was told.

The more I feel imperfect, the more I feel alive.

When you’re in love, you want to live forever. You want the emotion, the excitement you feel to last. Reading in Italian arouses a similar longing in me. I don’t want to die, because my death would mean the end of my discovery of the language. Because every day there will be a new word to learn. Thus true love can represent eternity.

It took me a long time to even dare to envision myself as a writer. I was very uncertain and hesitant and afraid to pursue a creative life.

I think if you speak to any creative person, there's something so powerful - so intoxicating, if you will - about discovering another voice, another instrument, another way of looking at things, another way of perceiving things.