I hate the word "inevitable" because I feel like things don't have to be the way they are.

We can have Americans eating affordably and eating in a way that's sustainable.

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

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

I hate the word "inevitable" because I feel like things don't have to be the way they are.

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.

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.