I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.

As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.

But there are three things in this world you can’t shrug off: death, taxes – and a girl who loves you.

There is no average reason for a person getting involved in racing.

To really be centered and to really work well and to think about the kinds of things that I need to think about, I need to spend large amounts of time alone.

The idea that if you don’t like how things are going, you can just leave is so engrained in Texas, the secession movement is no surprise.

The monetary policies of the US will destroy the world.

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

You have a political and media elite who have an idiom by which they describe politics. It's highly, highly polarised. It's right, left, red, blue, up, down, victorious, crushed.

Where did you get that idea for a nose? - Frizz Mizuno

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

Never feel guilty about reading, it's what you do to do your job.