The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

If the rewards to authors go down, simple economics says there will be fewer authors. It's not that people won't burn with the passion to write. The number of people wanting to be novelists is probably not going to decline - but certainly the number of people who are going to be able to make a living as authors is going to dramatically decrease.

Postmodernism cost literature its audience.

Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.