Nobody does anything for one reason.

We are the planet, fully as much as water, earth, fire and air are the planet, and if the planet survives, it will only be through heroism. Not occasional heroism, a remarkable instance of it here and there, but constant heroism, systematic heroism, heroism as governing principle.

The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer.

Public libraries are the sole community centers left in America. The degree to which a branch of the local library is connected to the larger culture is a reflection of the degree to which the community itself is connected to the larger culture.

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down.

We know that people we love are both good and bad, but we expect strangers to be one or the other.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.