A writer has to true to him or herself. Period. That’s it!

A writer has to true to him or herself. Period. That’s it!

Jhumpa Lahiri

I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.

I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.

albert einstein quotes

albert einstein quotes

We are all #humans and we all make #mistakes. We #hurt people even if we don't want to.

We are all #humans and we all make #mistakes. We #hurt people even if we don't want to.

I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.

I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being.

Fiction is the only way I know a human being can inhabit the mind of another human being.

Isolation offered its own form of companionship

Isolation offered its own form of companionship

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.

A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading.

A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading.

One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist.

One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist.

War will bring the revolution; revolution will stop the war.

War will bring the revolution; revolution will stop the war.

She has the gift of accepting her life.

She has the gift of accepting her life.

With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before

With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before

Do what I will never do.

Do what I will never do.

You remind me of everything that followed.

You remind me of everything that followed.

Sexy means loving someone you donot know.

Sexy means loving someone you donot know.

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'.

Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'.