When I was young I believed that "nonfiction" meant "true." But you read a history written in, say, 1920 and a history of the same events written in 1995 and they're very different. There may not be one Truth - there may be several truths - but saying that is not to say that reality doesn't exist.

The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.

Fear has a smell, as love does.

You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way.

I suppose these deadlines we set for ourselves are really a way of saying we appreciate time, and want to use all of it.

Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out.

I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.