Point of view is present in anything I write, but I really try to let the subject and facts speak for themselves.

I think it's possible to have food that's healthy, that's good for you to eat, that's also inexpensive. We don't have to have this cheap, unhealthy food being so aggressively promoted.

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.

Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing and hair loss, but I think I pulled out a fair amount trying to work on certain sentences.

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

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

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