Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.

Never too late to learn a language. And the good literature to come with it.

I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the stories I write about have a core of "this actually (could have) happened."

Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved.

If you are earning your money through violence, all this money is unethical, because violence and ethics cannot be together!

Fiction should always steer clear of political considerations.

In war as in life it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed to take up the best alternative open and if so it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity.

All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

I grew up in a society where everything you did was eavesdropped on, recorded, snitched on. I had friends when we were kids getting into trouble for telling anecdotes about Communist leaders.

The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value.

We should give the same respect to the lives of animals as we do to the lives of humans.

Everyone is more than what you see on the cover; we all run deep and have our story.