Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common with religion than rational discourse.

Don’t ever write a novel unless it hurts like a hot turd coming out

The dead only knows their world.

That means you're my kid, " I explained, "and I'm your mother, and nobody can say it isn't so.

Or deep down, maybe there was more. Maybe I wanted someone to figure out who wrote the note and secretly come to my rescue.Maybe. I don’t know. But I was careful never to give myself away.

At my core, the glass isn't half-empty, it's not even what I ordered in the first place.

In my heart of hearts, I know that whatever I do is going to have integrity, and I'm going to work really hard, and I know that fans are going to take to it.

Our point is that America is so family oriented.

The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.

Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.

The longer the war drags on, more and more civilians are getting killed.