We read the world - television, movies, songs, books - and the people in it through the lens of our own lives.

I like to think about the genre, the essay or the memoir, as much as I enjoy writing within its fluid parameters. And teaching allows me to think about it, to articulate it, and to explore it.

How long do we live in the fictions of our past? And how do we convince anyone that who we write is not necessarily who we are?

Miracle centered gospels do more damage than good to the listeners and nation.

Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em.

What a fool I was, not to tear my heart out on the day when I resolved to revenge myself!

In my thirties, I felt I had hold of one of the reins some of the time.

Certainly, until there is justice for the Palestinians, there will never be any kind of stability in the Middle East.

Grace removes obstacles that we don’t even know are there. Grace is what arranges our lives so we are forced to look within.

I am happy to be able to be part of this Rock'n'Blues Fest as the first tour since the amputation of my right leg. I hope this gives me a leg up on the new year!

Intelligence collection has been given an additional bureaucracy to correct the problems created by too much bureaucracy in intelligence collection.

Reason always stands in need of being purified by faith

I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?