"I don’t have to run away from the fear of oblivion. I am not afraid. I celebrate reality. I don’t have to pretend that there will be some magic deus ex machina in the third act of my life which will make it all OK and give me a happy ending. It is enough that I exist, that I am here now, albeit briefly, with all of you. And it’s an amazing, astonishing, remarkable, totally mind-blowing fucking miracle."Read More
"If it weren't for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, particularly post-bachelor-degree, I'd gain exposure to the Bard only when the next Baz Lurhmann/Mel Gibson/Patrick Stewart/Ethan Hawke film came out..."Read More
“Imagine that we had lost the war, and the victors then decided to punish the war criminals. Would they consider me a war criminal? Maybe they would. I would give the obvious defenses, so maybe I wasn’t fully a war criminal, but that’s what they would have said.”Read More
"There's a natural rhythm to good writing that—once achieved—goes virtually unnoticed by the reader. (Unless they’ve taken too many academic writing courses, in which case reading for enjoyment has probably been ruined for them anyway)..."Read More