There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years.

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

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

Songwriters are expanding time rather than compressing time. My short stories tend to be old fashioned, with a beginning, middle and end.

At home, I'm lucky if I can write three or four hours before the phone starts ringing and the kids want to go to soccer.

America's criminal justice system isn't known for rehabilitation. I'm not sure that, as a society, we are even interested in that concept anymore.