Americans just don’t realize the viciousness of the militant Islamic fundamentalist.

To the ordinary, opposite, means hatred. Every person sees themselves as love. To the extraordinary, opposite means opportunity.

We have been trying to solve every ill of society as though society were made up of regenerate men to whom we had an obligationto speak with Christian advice.

I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

I ate cucumbers and saltines - not because I wanted to look a certain way, but because I was so sad my appetite disappeared.

When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

I remember it as October days are always remembered, cloudless, maple-flavored, the air gold and so clean it quivers.

Shun death, is my advice.

Well, you know, they use those words so that they can scare people "terror" and "cell."

Even in the midst of devastation, something within us always points the way to freedom.