When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.

I get so annoyed by famous people who have not actually written the books they slap their names on.

I've always giggled like a 13-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber meet and greet. There's nothing I can do about it but I've never not been able to stop.

I hate to ask about the title, because it makes it seem like that is all I've read of the book.

Socialism isn't just a list of economic prescriptions for government. Perhaps above all, socialism is a moral view.

The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it.

Just to be clear, if, like Pat Robertson, you somehow missed all the evidence, all the research, the depth and breadth of all the knowledge garnered about HIV and AIDS over the past three decades, you cannot get HIV if you share towels.