George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.

History belongs to she who holds the pen...If we don't tell our stories, they won't be told.

When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.

Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."

Frankly, I'd love to see a multiparty system, like we have in some of our European countries. But I'm not sure how to get there.

If people don't know about you, that's not on them, it's on you.

President [Barack] Obama's pick of Arne Duncan as Secretary of Education was abysmal.

If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.

We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.

Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.

You're baking?""Yes.""It's almost midnight.""I specialize in late-night kitchen disasters.

Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world - but only with compassion can you heal and build it.

Love keeps the heart forever warm.

If I tell a hotel I'm a travel writer, I can't get out of there without spending a few hours looking at every single room!

You want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know what your kids will be drawn to.

Our society is run by a managerial bureaucracy, by professional politicians; people are motivated by mass suggestion, their aim is producing more and consuming more, as purposes in themselves.

I don't pretend to be objective. There is no such thing as being an objective journalist.

The impulse for much writing is homesickness. You are trying to get back home, and in your writing you are invoking that home, so you are assuaging the homesickness.

When an angel comes down and takes me away, memories of me and my songs will always stay until the end of time

The only organized political party with a Christian vision of morality is the Libertarian Party.