The American landscape has no foreground and the American mind no background.
I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.
I bought one of those anti-bullying wristbands when they first came out. I say 'bought', I actually stole it off a short, fat ginger kid.
I've never laughed a woman into bed, but I've laughed one out of bed many times.
I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.
I vote for whoever will annoy my dad.
I love Downton Abbey. It's just great. My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.
History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough.
I'm a novelist and science writer. I wrote a book about human impacts on marine mammals caused by agricultural drainage of nutrients on our coasts, and another book about evolution. Seasteading captivated me because it incorporates both evolution and environmental restoration.
Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences indicates that the increase is due in large part to human activity.