I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.

When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.

So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.

I have received emails from readers who have said that they were emotionally impacted by the books, and they feel they are more environmentally aware and energized to do more. So that's hopeful to me. It is at least evidence of what I'm trying to do - trying to convey very intense emotional experiences by being very close in on character points of view to make you feel it in your body. That's one way to get the point across, by evoking a visceral response.

I find myself in this bizarre position in which everything I write and talk about is pretty much about this issue, the environment. It feels a little too comfortable, because at the end of the day I can rationalize that I'm doing my share. I don't know if I actually am, I don't know if I should be more of an activist than I am. But at the end of the day, everybody needs to do those things that they're most likely to continue doing, and that aren't going to burn them out.

Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.

Silence creates it's own violence.