Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.
I tell Allah I love Him immensely, immensely. But I tell Him I cannot be better, because of how the world is.
But if writing about people who are not yourself is illegitimate, then the only legitimate work is autobiography; and as a reader and a citizen, I don’t want to live in that world.
. . . much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.
My job is to lay it out clearly, not to give my policy prescriptions. Very little journalism is world changing. But if change is to happen, it will be because people with power have a better sense of what’s happening to people who have none.
In my kind of reporting work, you don't parachute in after some big, terrible event, which is important and has to be covered, but offers only a glimpse. It's the kind of work in which you ask, what is my understanding of how the world works, and where can I go to see these questions get worked out in individuals' lives? That was really the question for me: whether I had anything to add to what had already been written.
I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe.
A man can be honest in any sort of skin.
Solitude is one thing and loneliness is another.
He doesn't need to be reminded you're great.
I've had to learn through experiences not to be afraid to fail. You don't know what the future holds for you. You can hope your dreams come true, but you have to be fearless. I don't want to look back and think, What if?