Quotes About Author

My friends joke that I'm a young veteran in the UFC.

No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans.

I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005.

I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.

I'm a member of the American legion and VFW, patron member of the Jewish War Veterans.

Chelsea Manning has a platform to serve herself, but many veterans don't even get medical treatment when they need it.

I grew up playing sports. But I always celebrate Veterans Day.

Norman Hooten's dedication and commitment to serving his fellow veterans is what VA is all about.

I want to create an informed and respectful dialogue about the opportunities and challenges facing our veterans.

The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto.

Theater people say you are either a comedian or a tragedian, and I'm a tragedian. And the vexing, dark characters, the ones where I don't understand their pain or their anguish, they are the characters that appeal to me.

One of the things that interested me about Five was the trauma that was contributed via the apocalypse. I wanted to make sure that I got his PTSD correct.

I quickly learned that as a fiction writer, you need the sort of details a historian or a biographer would find extraneous or useful to provide context via a footnote.

By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?'

I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

Questions have also arisen about AIDS being transmitted to hemophiliacs via blood transfusions.

Via social media, I reached out, asking about relationships, dreams, hopes, fears, the whole gambit, and the stories that really resonated with me, I wrote songs about.

Catering to populist anger with extremist proposals that are certain to fail is not a viable strategy for political success.

And the music, as far as a type of music, it's still pretty viable.

I didn't study writing or drama or anything like that... that was not really a viable route for me.

The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.

I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums.

St. Lucia in South Africa is this exotic place where you might go on vacation, and it evokes this nostalgic, hazy vibe.

I've never got the vibe that they would do a gospel song. 'Cause when they talking about doing another Geto Boys album I said I would do it if I could rap like I'm rapping on my gospel album, I didn't get a whole lot of cosigning on that from all the political parties concerned.