In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

You don't build a bond without being present.

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.