Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

Detroit's a great music town. If your interaction with it was mainly musical, I'm sure you have a good opinion of the place.

There's a kind of acting that goes on in my head when I'm writing a character where I put myself in their place.

We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how drab and infuriating it was to jump rope while the boys played baseball. We could never understand why the girls cared so much about being mature, or why they felt compelled to compliment each other.

I think it is important to remind people of the extent of our free will.

He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he's been endowed with abilities to go into people's heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he's making it up.

I always work in a room where there's no Internet to keep from being distracted so easily.