I write because I have to

We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.

My dad was a man of great wisdom in his short time here.

Davis Cup, you know, does take a lot out of you over the weekend. It's tough, especially if you play all three days.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

You are in big trouble when you start writing software to impress girls.

One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively... writing songs was king.

You could say that my life's a mess. But, I'm still looking pretty in this dress.

The World Will Break Your Heart. Grief might be, in some ways, the long aftermath of love, the internal work of knowing, holding, more fully valuing what we have lost.

In the end countries, like people, are alone, and the real things that must be done have to be done without help.