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

You have to be careful of the advice you take.

When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures.

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.

The hope is what America represents to the world and has always represented - the hope for a better life and a better world. We have a duty to protect and support that hope with not just our words, but with our deeds.

We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.

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.