In medieval Europe, childbirth was a leading cause of death. So widowed fathers with children were quite common, meaning stepmothers were equally common.

People of different ethnicities are definitely not of differing species. Biologically speaking, people are people.

In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly.

I believe actual violence scars children much more than violence in storybooks.

I'd hasten to say that the prejudice in Dust City isn't completely analogous to racism in the real world.

Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide.

If some readers take away the idea that animals deserve better treatment in general, then I certainly won't argue.

I can't say I'm anything like a devoted animal rights activist, but I certainly oppose cruelty to animals.

I always hope that the artwork will complement and enrich a story.

Since I tend to write chronologically, the middle is always the place where the process is most taxing.

Destiny isn't immutable. You can change your fate. But I'd say the only way to do it is with hard, intelligent work and long-term dedication to a goal.

A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend.

Put your trust in the Lord and go ahead. Worry gets you no place.

Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history.

I think Trump's attention span is super low. I don't think he has the expertise to actually run a foreign policy.

America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs.

You can never represent yourself totally .... to seek self -knowledge is to embark on a journey which ... will always be incomplete, cannot be charted on a map, will never halt, cannot be described.

To me, success is choice and opportunity.

A hundred children, a hundred individuals who are people--not people-to-be, not people of tomorrow, but people now, right now--today.

Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.

Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.