The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God's greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life.

Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you want to do.

Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself

You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

Find someone who loves you enough to forgive you for all of your mistakes.

You have your world to rebuild, and I have mine.

A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.

I want to use my gifts to tell the truth, and to tell it as beautifully as I can.

If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

Although oil is a commodity, it's still not a commodity like coffee, which, thank God, we will have with us always. At some point the oil will run out.

If you want to make a documentary you should automatically go to the fiction, and if you want to nourish your fiction you have to come back to reality.

Can we please rename The Sandy Relief Bill to the Supplemental Iraq War Funding Bill so the GOP Congress can vote for it?

A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.