In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right.

I would be very surprised if on another planet we discovered a species as intelligent as humans that didn't have narrative, or didn't have art in general.

Social media takes time and careful, strategic thought. It doesn't happen by accident.

Let them express their anger and hatred

What we colloquially call 'feeling bored' is just the mind, acting out of a self-preserving reflex, ejecting information it has despaired of knowing where to place.

Diversity for the sake of diversity is not an accomplishment or a step forward. It's what you bring to the table.

Ignore the mean voice in your head. It never does any good - ever.

Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken.

Every day women and children are killed and maimed by landmines long after wars are over.

I've had no sexual education, but I have six children.

Why does the brain retain the memory of the hurt from yesterday?

Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir.

I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear or has to be plotted.