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

Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.

If you change the right mind, then that person can perhaps change the world.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

I’m a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.

This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.

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.