Can one drown in one's element... If fish can drown in water, can human beings suffocate in air?

The difference between memoir and autobiography, as far as I see it, is that a memoir is there primarily to tell one particular story, whereas an autobiography tries to be a full account of a life.

The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.

I grew up kissing books and bread.

I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.