One regret I have: I didn't get as much of the family history as I could have for the kids.
I believe that a writer has to tell what they think is the truth in a human experience. The truth of the human experience cannot escape the political.
These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can't be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything.
A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him
Our collective freedom. . . depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.
Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.
We need a new approach to national security
There are no limits on how much the heart can love, the mind can imagine, or the human being can achieve.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning; they are an incentive to keep you going all day.
I don't suffer from a mental illness, I live with it.