I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

If you believe in someone enough, and you just don't stop believing in them, mo matter what, no matter how much they push you away, and no matter how often they prove they're only there to use you.

What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings.

I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

I optioned the magazine article. That was end of 2003. It was a time when the war was incredibly popular here and everyone was driving around with flags on their car, if you remember not too long ago.