The women I have loved I have desired for themselves, but also because I feared myself.

Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.

Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.

Writing is a struggle against silence.

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States.

Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.

I need, therefore I imagine.

One wants to tell a story, like Scheherezade, in order not to die. It's one of the oldest urges in mankind. It's a way of stalling death.

What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.

Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.

You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

No egoism is so insufferable as the Christian with regard to his soul.

The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times almost irresistible.

Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes.

I pray everyday. I make sure that my family is OK. I make sure my son is all right.

Everything in journalism is about the detail that makes the whole, the attempts to reproduce speech patterns while not actually quoting the whole thing the person said.

I was always very curious about other people. I would always stare and my mother would say - just please close your mouth!

A small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players.

I was born in a small clapboard house on an island, but I also have certain privileges that I didn't have when I was on the island. So that dichotomy again is actually really crucial.

By Feeling Good Throughout the Day, you Become an Instrument of Peace