Working with language is a means by which we can identify the bullshit within ourselves (and others).

If you bring forth what is within you, it will save you. If you do not bring it forth, it will destroy you.

What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found in The Other.

I think even like Saddam Hussein or Hitler would wake up and say, "I think it's going to be a good day. I'm gonna do some really important work." And given their definition of good, they went out and did horrible things.

That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

Positive human action is not only possible, but pervasive; human beings can improve and choose light and so on. And this is all happening.

One of the things I noticed about the Trump supporters was a lot of projected fear. I can't tell you how many times a conversation went like this: "We've got to stop these immigrants, because it's terrible." I'd say, "Okay, what personally have you observed about this?" And there would be basically nothing in that box. And I'd say, "Where'd you get your information?" thinking they were going to say Fox. But they would always say, "Well, I get my information from all kinds of sources." Fox is kind of center-left to a lot of people now.