I want to be famous in the way a pulley is famous,
or a buttonhole, not because it did anything spectacular,
but because it never forgot what it could do.

You know, those of us who leave our homes in the morning and expect to find them there when we go back - it's hard for us to understand what the experience of a refugee might be like.

You have a very good sense of endings. These are excellent. You're a very good writer.

I've always been amazed by the depth of people's responses in Pittsburgh. People in Pittsburgh seem to be strong readers and genuinely empathetic souls.

I support all people on earth who have bodies like and unlike my body...

I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.