The only way to find out if you're immortal is to make it to the end of time and look around to see if you're still alive. Until you've done that, all you know is that you haven't died yet.

Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance with so much more style and panache.

We are all just beginners here, and we shall all die beginners.

Things have never been more like the way they are today in history.

Three women make a market.

Religion is the fruit of the Spirit, a Christian character, a true life.

Hate crimes based on sexual orientation are among the three top reported hate crimes, after race and religion. Our law should not ignore that reality.

Tell me where are the flashbacks they all warned us would come?

Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story.