I am a totally public person.

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.

I know where I'm going. And if I don't know where I'm going, I don't tend to get anywhere.

I really do think that our subconscious gets corrupted with fear, and fear is how news media - all media - makes us [watch] long enough to get to the Tide commercial. That's all it's about. Generating fear so that we can buy the proper laundry detergent.

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

I am not mature enough as a reader to enjoy a book in which I hate all the people.

I am sure every writer has this and probably every newscaster, that people are always coming up to me and saying, my daughter wants to do what you do, my godson, my tennis partner.