But once you become active in something, something happens to you. You get excited and suddenly you realize you count.

When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.

The issue is jobs. You can't get away from it: jobs. Having a buck or two in your pocket and feeling like somebody.

My doctors were of one mind: unless something was immediately done, I had maybe six months to live. A quintuple bypass was suggested. Quintuple! I was impressed, though somewhat disturbed because I was in the middle of work on a new book.

I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.

The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.

I want, of course, peace, grace, and beauty. How do you do that? You work for it.