How long do we live in the fictions of our past? And how do we convince anyone that who we write is not necessarily who we are?

I like to think about the genre, the essay or the memoir, as much as I enjoy writing within its fluid parameters. And teaching allows me to think about it, to articulate it, and to explore it.

We read the world - television, movies, songs, books - and the people in it through the lens of our own lives.

Only the legs that run are those that really have muscles!

The best writers tend to look the roughest in photos. At least that's the excuse I use for why I look so bad in mine.

When your Knowledge is Linked Together it is called Experience.

I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.

Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there - or failing to get there.

When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

You're right, he's a killer," you said. "A rooster with some serious issues.

It's no secret that Europeans and Americans win most Nobel prizes.

If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.