A man must make of his life a ladder that he never ceases to climb -- if you're not rising, you are slipping down the rungs, my friend.

Innocence could be considered a discrete state of mind.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.

People in extreme conditions are suddenly naked, realer than normal, perhaps even more alive.

I'm just the kind of person who seems designed, probably by nature, to try to make a difference.

I'm disturbed when people let superstition, magical thinking, extreme conspiracy theories and so on blur their minds.