Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are not afflicted by personal immunity.

Love is big; love can hold anger, love can even hold hatred. It's about the intention of what you want it to do.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.

Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.

My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family.

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.

In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is taken seems to be inexorable. So, you just get the job of being the front man for four or eight years. Now, most people realize that's what you are.