We writers - we're the snowflakes of the literary world. We each have our own shape.

Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored

I grew up in the South [USA states] under segregation. I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. That's terrorism, too.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart.

I think America has always been polarized... It's a racist country and it has always been.

I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm.