I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and internet since that time.

Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love.

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.

There is nothing new in this world other than the history that you don't know yet.

Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform.

Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism.

The only way to keep a secret is to never have one.

You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.

What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear.

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

Isn't an agnostic just an atheist without balls?

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

Never bored, so I'll never get old

Majestic doesn't appeal to us. We [Americans] like the Grand Canyon better with Clarence and Arlene parked in front of it, smiling.

You [the teacher] do not merely insert a lot of facts, if you teach them [the students] properly. It is not like injecting 500 cc. of serum, or administering a year's dose of vitamins.

The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines.

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.

Read Blake or go to hell, that's my message to the modern world.

My plastic surgeon ... said my face looked like a bouquet of elbows.

At the halfway point of any drunken night, there is a moment when an Indian realizes he cannot turn back toward tradition and that he has no map to guide him toward the future.