A peaceful soul haunts the warring mind.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
There is that smaller world which is the stage, and that larger stage which is the world.
I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
Nobody wants a unitary voice of authority any more.
Stopping leaks is a new form of censorship.
Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.
You face racism in small and large ways.
Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.
I played football. I played trumpet. I could draw.
The secret is not to care what anyone thinks of you.
I write novels and other things.
Clearly, I'm drawn to characters with inner conflicts.
There's no point in living in an alternate reality.
It must be a terrible pressure to have to go to the office.
Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.
I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
I have to always remember, writing is really hard.
I have a thick skin, but I have a heart.
MSNBC will never be as liberal as Fox is conservative.
I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.
