I really like visiting schools, but what I tell students isn't anywhere near as interesting to me as what they tell me.

I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became.

The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there's a growing realization across the country that we've got to change what we're feeding our kids and that school may be a really good place to start.

One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends.

We're all connected by the system, and we all have to be a part, I think, of changing it.

I think two different people can read one of my books and come away with completely different opinions on the subject. I hope they just read from the beginning to the end and be made to think about the subject. Then they can come to their own conclusions.

As an investigative reporter, I'm trying to uncover things and expose them to create a dialogue.