The lesson we have yet to learn from dogs, that could sustain us, is that having no apprehension of the past or future is not limiting but liberating.

The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.

Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging.

Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida

I think the responsibility of running a huge business, which happens if you become a successful designer, probably makes you more careful.

Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school.

Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one?