If you play an audiotape of a yawn to blind people, they'll yawn too.

Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.

One of the things I think the police have to do is to stop behaving like armies.

Every cop will tell you that their real job is being a social worker. That's what they do all day. The large majority of police officers in this country never even draw their gun, let alone fire it. They do conflict resolution, right? And if that's their job, why do they need to look like they're an occupying force?

I'm necessarily parasitic in a way. I have done well as a parasite. But I'm still a parasite.

As a writer, I know that - you write a first draft and then put it in a drawer. The longer I can put it in a drawer, the better off I am. So I structure my writing so that things can sit.

What is learned out of hard work and trial is inevitably more powerful than what is learned easily.