Some politicians were probably too lax about the rise of an extremist, fundamentalist, radical ideology.
In 'The Violinist's Thumb,' I talk about the poignancy of cells leaking across the placenta into both the mother and the child.
When a peace agreement is concluded between the Lebanese government and Israel, we would surely disagree with the Lebanese government about that, but we would not make any turmoil out of it.
A one-size-fits-all lecture is not the way to go about education.
When I was a lecturer at UC Berkeley, I wrote a book about monsters.
I learned from my peers, and I learned from doing projects, and I learned from mentors, but I learned very little from lectures, and I've talked about how little I attended them.
I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty.
What's interesting about Lego is it's constantly reminding you that it's a facsimile of something else.
There was something really special about working with Lena Dunham. I immediately felt very comfortable with her, and we spoke the same language.
I didn't feel at all guilty about what I did, so I couldn't plead guilty, even though I would get a more lenient sentence.
I listened to John Denver and Simon & Garfunkel. Edith Piaf was a huge favourite. Then I discovered musicals - I loved 'Les Miserables' - and, at about 14, I started listening to David Gray.
I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!
Unions are about the collective leverage, the power of numbers versus the power of capital.
I don't recall exactly when I first began reading about Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery, but I suspect that it was in fourth grade.
On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor.
Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
'The New York Times' breathlessly writes about the left-of-center Americans Elect being a 'new third party,' but we already have a third party: the Libertarian Party.
The licensing business is about licensing the full portfolio of Qualcomm's patents. Some of them involve the chip. Some of them don't involve the chip. In fact, the vast majority of them don't involve the chip.
When you move a border, suddenly life changes violently. I write about nationality.
