“Stories can encourage us and embolden us to face ourselves and to feel. Stories can make us feel less alone. If we're reading a st...”

“Poetry is not an issue of form and enjambments. Poetry, as the word is classically used, has to do with sound and sense. It can be...”

“The wars don't end when you sign peace treaties or when the years go by. They will echo on until I'm gone and all the widows and o...”

“Fantasy has a dark side to it. It also has a light hemisphere - the power of the human imagination to keep going, to imagine a bet...”

“I learned that moral courage is harder than physical courage.”

“I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go...”

“The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no o...”

“Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.”

“The very idea of freedom incites fear in the hearts of terrorists across the world.”

“I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame.”

“The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.”

“Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.”