Twitter wanted to become a more egalitarian justice system, but instead it became a draconian one.

Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies.

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

I wondered if sometimes the difference between a psychopath in Broadmoor and a psychopath on Wall Street was the luck of being born into a stable, rich family.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.

‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.

We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

How do i do this?

Novelist Peter de Vries like Adlai Stevenson and Mark Twain has suffered from the American assumption that anyone with a sense of humour is not to be taken seriously.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

Barry Bonds is outspoken. I think that the people of Pittsburgh felt, it's a syndrome of you've got to apologize for being successful if you're successful (as well as) black and outspoken.

In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

A person who speaks good English in New York sounds like a foreigner.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have enough of, or the right kind of. It's an ongoing process. The opposite of faith is despair.

The next time someone starts listing all the reasons an idea won't work or can't happen, ask them to give 3 reasons it can.

Armies under the control of ... a sovereign State cannot bring freedom to anyone.

As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.