A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself.
Families and their problems go on and on, and they aren't solved, they're dealt with.
My newspaper job … is my identity.
A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.
We must try to contribute joy to the world.
The right really wants to punish you for having an opinion. And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.