I grew up in a storytelling culture, a tribal culture, but also in an American storytelling culture.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

The problem for me with liberals is that we've abdicated our moral responsibility to the universe.

If one reads enough books, one has a fighting chance.

I believe in any kid's ability to read any book and form their own judgements. It's the job of a parent to guide his/her child through the reading of every book imaginable. Censorship of any form punishes curiosity.

If you really want a woman to love you, then you have to dance. And if you don’t want to dance, then you’re going to have to work extra hard to make a woman love you forever, and you will always run the risk that she will leave you at any second for a man who knows how to tango.

She told me that every other step was just for me.' But that's only half of the dance,' I said. Yeah,' my father said. 'She was keeping the rest for herself. Nobody can give everything away. It ain't healthy.