Stories are like children. They grow in their own way.

Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.