The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult trek of Southern blacks to the northern and western cities. This is an epic for all Americans who want to understand the making of our modern nation.

I'm not going to sit on the porch of the old anchorman's home with a drool cup.

It is not enough to wire the world if you short-circuit the soul. Technology without heart is not enough.

Bias, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. Facts are your firewall against bias.

It's not the questions that get us in trouble - it's the answers.

I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they are always looking forward and seldom back.

It's so much easier to do it right than to do it wrong.