And Sky?” he asked, his voice soft. “Yes?”“Maybe you don’t need me, but I need you.

In my end is my beginning.

There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.

We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.

Passion is born deaf and dumb.

I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

You shouldn't have to leave your neighborhood to live in a better one.

We must meet violence with violence.

Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else.

A good novel editor is invisible.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.