It seems an insult to the night to speak of purpose and intent, when this common moment is so brimming full of blessed design tranquility. All things follow their course.

What is fear after all? It is indecision. You seek some way to resist, escape. There is none.

I wanted to stay... me.

The truth about life is complicated, indefensible and embarrassing.

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.

I don't have much in me left for Somalia, because the country is so broken, it's not realistic to daydream about it.

There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.

Censors are necessary, increasingly necessary, if America is to avoid having a vital literature.

[Samuel] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth!

Fit yourself for the best society, and then, never enter it.

You have to always remember who your guest is, and thats who we cater to.

Diversity in literature is, in part, about representation - who is telling the stories and who stories are told about.