“I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.”

“The society in 'The Handmaid's Tale' is a throwback to the early Puritans whom I studied extensively at Harvard under Perry Miller...”

“I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal mo...”

“When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a novel. Writing poe...”

“The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is a scientific one: dipping a t...”

“Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.”

“The people of the future will say, meat-eaters in disgust and regard us in the same way that we regard cannibals and cannibalism.”

“I feel often that we don't have the right language to talk about emotions in disasters. Everyone is on edge, of course, but it als...”

“Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Step...”

“There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.”

“A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those...”

“Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored t...”