If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

The most exhausting thing you can do is to be inauthentic.

I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.

Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day – like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen — no retouching, no shadows, no flattery — just stark me.