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

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

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.

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.

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

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 think there could hardly be a more important subject than health and nutrition.