I cannot forgive a scholar his homeless despondency.
Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.
When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.
I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.
My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used.
Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.
I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve a new relationship to language.
Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score.
These people walk by a widow deformed by leprosy. . . walk by children dressed in rags living in the street, and they think, 'Business as usual. ' But if they perceive a slight against God, it is a different story. Their faces go red, their chests heave mightily, they sputter angry words. The degree of their indignation is astonishing. Their resolve is frightening.
If they [women] are to be integrated more fully into our society than has been the case so far, changes in individual attitudes of both men and women, adjustments in the labor market, and action by public authorities, will all be necessary.
We want American families to feel more confident in life. We want the next generation to know that yes, the best days of this country are still ahead of us.