Accept who you are; and revel in it.

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth.

Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They're going to read one chapter and say, 'I can't wait to get back to the other guy.'

There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.

McVeigh's lawyer got him the death penalty, which, quite frankly, I could have done.

I believe that the death penalty is an effective penalty.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.