American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.

Im accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.

From time to time, just about every Vanity Fair writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.

The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California.

The beautiful is always bizarre.

I am emotionally fluid and safe.

Never' is an unquantifiable and unrealistic amount of time.

A leader should not be a man who arbitrarily imported his own ideas but the essential focal point for a group of people who trusted one another and worked for a common aim.

Health and an able body are two jewels.

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States

I really appreciate it when people say "no" to me. I want people to understand that I'm totally supportive of what it is they're trying to do as long as we're all on the same team.

Although individual temperaments vary, boys are designed to be more assertive, audacious, and excitable than girls are.

Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things.

When you see your 40-page essay turned into a "hot tip" in one paragraph in Newsweek, you get anxious about the way your writing has been used.