All too many journalists seem to mistake scandal mongering for tenacious investigation, and far too many aspire to make themselves the story.

At no time in history have we succeeded in making, in a timely fashion, a specific vaccine for more than 260 million people.

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up is not an option. There is too much at stake.

Blake hung an arm on my shoulders. “Alone at last.”“I’m right here, ” Logan said.“Maybe you shouldn’t be.

I want you to kiss me, Longinus. Kiss me like this night will never end. If I am going to die, then this is my last request. Will you grant it?

I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question.

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

I would never tell myself, you have to write 20 pages today or something. But I do try to show up. Read what I wrote, fix things.

As I mentioned we have arrested or detained over 1,000 people here in America to determine to find out what they know.

I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.

Giorgio Morandi's paintings make me think that artists may not totally choose, or even control, their subjects or style.

I'm really schizophrenic about that, because on the one hand I would say, yes there is, there's something inherently, even violent about it, it's wild and raw and all this.

Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the child ephemeral