At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.

I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find the local post office.

My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.

Sometimes I feel like a human pin cushion. Every painful emotion hits me with ridiculously exaggerated force. And the anxiety feels like hands inside of me, squeezing my guts really hard.

I love 'Crazy Horse,' and Neil Young is one of my favorite guitar players.