One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken.

This is what it's all about. From what I could see, you could get a bunch of people together, whip up the press and have some impact.

Never put the story in the lead. Let 'em have a hot shot of ambiguity right between the eyes.

One challenge to the arts in America is the need to make the arts, especially the classic masterpieces, accessible and relevant to today's audience.

If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.

The Republicans do not look on the Democrats as the evil empire.

I could get a better education interviewing John Steinbeck than talking to an English professor about novels.