Ireland starts for me with the end of The Dead, which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind.

Not watching TV gets me in a lot of trouble in my household because my wife and daughter have a lot of shows they like to watch.

We live in such constant nearness to the abyss of past time that the moment is endlessly sucked into.

What’s old doesn’t need to be old-fashioned. It gets reborn.

Reporting provides reminders that things are always more complicated than you think.

It is a curious fact that the word essayist showed up in English before it existed in French.

At GQ, there was never a temptation to pander or preach to the choir because I had no concept of who the reader was or what that reader might want.

Freaky things happen all the time in the world. I suppose everything has to happen for the first time at some point.

The city of Cork - the urban center, where all the shops and bars and everything are - is actually an island, a river island.

A good writer wants from us — or has no right to ask more than — intelligence, good faith and time.

I'm just saying, take courage. That and pretty much that alone is never the incorrect thing to do.

My spirit thirst for the living water.

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment, you shall condemn.

In 1908, you could easily earn $20 to $200 as a cartoonist. What's amazing is that it's still true!

I was so scared to give up depression, fearing that somehow the worst part of me was actually all of me.

The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.

Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go.

What we humans think we know is nothing compared to what we need to believe to numb the fear and pain.

I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan.

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.