Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is committed by a Christian, do they mention his religion? ... When a crime is committed by a black man, it's mentioned in the first breath: 'An African American man was arrested today...' But what about German Americans? Anglo Americans? A white man robs a convenience store and do we hear he's of Scottish descent? In no other instance is the ancestry mentioned.

Better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than in the middle of some ladder you don’t, right?

Loneliness is just a thing that I'm not personally interested in. So far, it hasn't been on my docket of things to write about.

I think there's great value to the Associated Press and to Reuters, but if you wanted to generate original content, maybe written by local writers, it just takes a little bit of openness to open your pages up to a wider freelance writer pool, and then you might find new voices and a wider array of voices, and definitely more original content that can't be found anywhere else.

If your hand doesn't work for it, your heart doesn't feel sorry for it.

They were so in love with the world, and so disappointed in every aspect of it.

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness.