The world as it is perceived by most people, is a world of finite resources.

Gender or skin color does not of itself determine the nature of a person's thinking.

A relationship is more of an assignment than a choice. We can walk away from the assignment, but we cannot walk away from the lessons it presents. We stay with a relationship until a lesson is learned, or we simply learn it another way.

I was very much a child of the 1960s. I protested the Vietnam War and grew up in a fairly politicized home. My father was like a cross between William Kunstler and Zorba the Greek. I grew up among left-wing lawyers.

I think every writer lives for the thought that there will be a moment when somebody reads something on the page and says, "Yes!"

In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.

I take very seriously this notion that my highest job is to live a better life, all the time and to the best of my ability. I need to monitor my own progress - take my own inventory - and clean my own closet. I am trying to do all that.