I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in the present day.

I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.

You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be like diaries that the world could read. They would be spontaneous, whatever pops into your mind, as a diary would be.

Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything.

Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you live in China, I guess.

Everyone needs a certain amount of money. Beyond that, we pursue money because we know how to obtain it. We don't necessarily know how to obtain happiness.

Peace on earth and mercy mild are still possible. On Christmas Eve, all things are possible.

And if there was something, suppose I wanted to write something really damning or embarrassing about one of the owners, that would really be a problem on the NFL's site.

When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that their own product is unsuitable for consumption

I don't think there are many larger lessons to be found in sports.

Instant-doomsday hyperbole caused the world's attention to focus on the hypothetical threat of global warming to the exclusion of environmental menaces that are real, palpable, and awful right now.

Love consists of not looking each other in the eye, but of looking outwardly in the same direction.

Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.

That's what love does - it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you'll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything.

Don’t worry,” Marya whispered, kissing his forehead. “My old bones will follow yours soon enough.

I really believe I'm no different from anyone else. I just had a few challenges I had to learn from at a very early age.

Loss is very painful, because any kind of loss leaves a hole in the fabric of one's existence.

We really care about photography at Vanity Fair.

It was all absurd, without reason or meaning. People who didn't know each other were going to kill each other over a hill none of them cared about

There are a lot of aspiring singers who are not paid attention to because they don't look like a fashion model.

Far too many young people are living in their parents' basements, and I think it is important for people to have hope and a vision things can be different.