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

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

"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 …"

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

"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…"

"If someone is going to be a writer, they’ll be a writer no matter what they do. I don’t think I have any advice. I us…"