There's some fatigue among the average Republican. They're tired of it all. They're tired of scandals. They're tired of the read more

There's some fatigue among the average Republican. They're tired of it all. They're tired of scandals. They're tired of the White House. They're ready for change.

Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've read more

Then you yell, 'Fire! Fire! Fire in the hole!' and you're gonna hustle on out of there. In fact you've got very, very little time to get out. Most coal miners, they just take and fall down on their face right there — because they're gonna end up that way anyhow, and then you're gonna have to go find your hat.

I didn't even know he was into art. I did a little bit because my parents passed when he was read more

I didn't even know he was into art. I did a little bit because my parents passed when he was 7 and the next year my friend's father passed. He went home and drew the whole cemetery with the casket, the seats and all the tombstones with all the names on it. That's when we knew he could draw from memory.

I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really read more

I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really understand how much the weather really effects our energy consumption and our energy supply.

We just had to tell the stories of these amazing volunteers, who left their families and jobs in some case read more

We just had to tell the stories of these amazing volunteers, who left their families and jobs in some case to work around the clock at the most dangerous disaster site in history—Ground Zero.

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman read more

One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part read more

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy read more

In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.