"(The childishness of that attitude - that insistence on "mine" and "my way only" - is rather frightening.) Right. Tor…"

""Story" is significant here, the stories we tell ourselves, those we learn. So I think stories contribute to what we …"

"It's been in the western history of science that the abstract has been idealized over matter. Until recently. As spir…"

"I sometimes think that when we imagine we know something, that it's mostly conjecture, and that it actually diminishe…"

"First books, for many people, seem to be sort of autobiographical incursions into who they are, and what it means to …"

"When I discovered writing, it was...like being dropped into water and finding that you're an excellent swimmer - that…"

"I love all animals and nature. I just find that the more I learn about the world the more exciting and fascinating it…"

"Language is really connected to place. In native languages, indigenous languages, for example. One of the things peop…"

"I think place has been a mentor for me, and nature. I have always mostly been interested in this world around us, and…"

"I suppose it takes a life-time of reflection and thought to move a writer in a certain direction."