His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.

I've purposely stayed away from reading much about postmodern theory, and most everything I have read just bored me to tears. I don't think anybody's written about it, or very few have, with any verve.

We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to.

I'm interested in the human impact of the giant foot of misplaced government. After all, we encounter it every day.

Nonfiction narratives are really powerful and valid in themselves. But one thing that you don't get sometimes from the more clinical or academic books or nonfiction books is that you don't get to hear the person's voice; you don't get them as individuals. You get a few quotes and you hear them as sort of a case study: numbers, examples, anecdotes, maybe a paragraph here, and that's about it.

Why shouldn’t your curiosity about the world be rewarded?

There is no faith like the faith of a builder of homes in coastal Louisiana