Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn’t really part of it.

Going off the road just leaves me more time to be a writer.

Once you're halfway home, you know that you can probably get the rest of the way there.

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.

I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a non-issue in most of the time. That's a huge leap forward.