If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.

Reading is a very different thing than performing. In fact, one of the things I think that doesn't work in books on tape is if the person doing the reading "acts" too much; it becomes irritating to you listening to it.

We are the storytelling animal.

The interesting thing about history sometimes. is that you know these people existed, and you knew what jobs they did, but you don't know much about them as people, so you actually have to make them up.

A sigh isn't just a sigh. We inhale the world and breathe out meaning. While we can. While we can.

You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.

I'll tell you what divorce hasn't taught me. It didn't teach me not to get married again.