Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it.

Lots of white people think black people are stupid. They are stupid themselves for thinking so, but regulation will not make them smarter.

In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than as the fundaments upon which the devout build their lives.

Richard John Neuhaus, in his well-known book The Naked Public Square, tells us that in America, the public square has become openly hostile to religion.

So much emotion goes into writing fiction.

I find it hard to think of myself as selling books. I don't even have a Web site. I want to sit and write, not sell.

Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable.