I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

I had a little insight into life that most kids probably didn't have. My mother was a schoolteacher, and my father was a social worker. Through his eyes I saw the underside of society.

The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Writing is a process of discovering. I could never outline a narrative; that just sounds boring. There's no joy of discovery in what you're doing if that's your strategy.

The thing that I've learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of yourself, there's just no point in sharing.

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.