The stupidest thing that a writer can do is write a memoir I think, unless it's right before you die -- maybe.

I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into.

My main area of activism is the death penalty, and it will continue to be once this crisis is over with.

I don't get in vote in whether or how people remember me when I'm gone. It's really dangerous to sit around and worry about it too much, for me. It gets me way too in myself to worry about what people are going to think about me when I'm not around anymore.

The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of his class. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I had picked up Dylan with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn't heard.

I don't type fast. I type with three fingers - two on one hand, and I only get one going on the other. I think my thumb's in there, but I'm not sure. I may be no better than an orangutan when it comes to that.

I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.