I find that one of the most important things, as a writer, is to just show up - to just stay in the chair and fight through the difficult patches. As long as you're at the desk, and you're willing to fight it out, eventually the right words will come.

The people designing the weapons literally often didn't know how they were being handled in the field by the Air Force - and a lot of people in the Air Force didn't understand some of the dangers. There's a very strong element of madness in this.

Most fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people dont seem to care about the fat aspect.

So for everything I do, I'm very clear about what I'm doing, and I tell people what it's about. They get a sense of what I'm thinking. I don't let people think I'm going to write something in praise in the meatpacking industry, and then they read it and it's actually attacking the meatpacking industry.

The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers.

There's a real strong link today between soda consumption and obesity among children.

During my school visits, I really enjoy the feedback I get from them much more than anything I might tell say to them.