It's important for the progressive youth to remember that the agenda you set today is the agenda that will matter tomorrow. If you are engaged and active, it means you are one of the lucky ones and you are awake. Most people are not there yet.

I can see Obama trying to be the president who suggests solutions for everyone who has experienced economic hardship.

The hardest thing about Berlin is letting it belong to other people.

It's not nothing when you're abroad and you don't have a washing machine.

Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging onto, that we don't want to see further eroded.

I can see criticizing, complaining, protesting - anything but choosing not to vote. Too many people died for us not to vote.

I think at the beginning of one's writing life, negative reviews are what one does to get attention and stake out your territory. It's also often a mistake.