If Trump wins, the only thing blocking complete implementation of the programs of Trump, Paul Ryan, the Koch brothers, etc., is the Senate filibuster by the Democrats.

Some people have made the argument, well, Donald Trump is bad, but Hillary Clinton may be worse, or there's really no difference. That's insane. That's completely insane.

People have a tremendous range of options of how they can behave. There's so much in people.

Donald Trump has this ability to reach out and touch the beast inside so many people.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of guns going off, you know, guns held by white men acting as vigilantes, cops who feel more free to open fire against African Americans.

If someone's pointing a gun at you, you get a surge of adrenaline, but it would be a lot better if they weren't pointing the gun at you in the first place.

Hillary Clinton isn't that different from Obama in terms of policy.

In fact, as far as one can tell, Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first year, and maybe even than Bush killed in his final year.

This is a national emergency, if Donald Trump wins.

One of the priorities of a Trump administration will be to immediately start narrowing the legal space that activists have to mobilize.

The substantive difference between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is not really that great.

People who know and love the same books you do have the roadmap of your soul. I believe that.

And if the student finds that this is not to his taste well that is regrettable. Most regrettable. His taste should not be consulted it is being formed.

Humor is very healing.

I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that.

You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.

I'm a home girl. I like to stay home

The readiest way to escape from our sufferings is, to be willing they should endure as long as God pleases.

The Lord's way is not hard. Life is hard, not the gospel.

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not.

I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.