Ethnic stereotypes are misshapen pearls, sometimes with a sandy grain of truth at their center. ... but they ignore complexity, change, and individuality.

In a democratic society, the only treason is silence.

I think one of the hardest things about doing a book in the first person is that to a certain extent each day, when you begin to do your work, you're climbing into somebody else's skin.

Get a life. A real life. Not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.

A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement.

I'm a Catholic of the New Testament, I'm not a Catholic of the hierarchy.

Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings and realize that it's sometimes more important to be nice than to be honest.