I REALLY Love NATURE. I Grew Up In The COUNTRY. But One Of The Things About Nature Is That It Is BEAUTIFUL But It's Also Very Dangerous.

Most Of My Friends - When I Was Five, Six, Seven Years OLD - Their Dads Were Working In An Auto Plant In Detroit Until 5:30, And Then They Were Sat In Rush Hour. They Weren't Around As MUCH. My DAD FINISHED At Three O'clock, So He Was Just Around More.

You Shouldn't FEEL Guilty About Taking Time For Yourself. Every So OFTEN, Everyone Needs To Give Themselves A Big Ol' Bear Hug And TREAT Themselves To Some TLC.

Before I Had My CHILD, I Thought I Knew All The Boundaries Of Myself, That I Understood The LIMITS Of My Heart. It's EXTRAORDINARY To Have All Those Limits Thrown Out, To Realize Your Love Is Inexhaustible.

The Beauty Of Dystopia Is That It Lets Us Vicariously EXPERIENCE Future WORLDS - But We STILL Have The Power To CHANGE Our Own.

Disguising Your Own Origins Is A Deeply AMERICAN IMPULSE, But That Doesn't Make It Any Less Compromising. The WAY I LIVE My Life Is To Try To Foreground The TENSIONS And Paradoxes Of Being A White Person Who's Interested In Racial Justice And Reconciliation, Rather Than Disguise Or Obliterate Them.

As A Kid, We Had One TELEVISION Channel And A Sad Little Roller Rink. And There Was Not Much Else To Do. So I Used My IMAGINATION All Of The Time Growing Up. That's The Main Way I Played. When We Moved And I Went To High School, I Did My First Play, And I Was Completely Addicted To THEATRE. It Felt LIKE HOME; It Felt Natural.

There Was An EMAIL Forwarded To Me From A First-grade Teacher, And She Said She Was Teaching Them Civil RIGHTS For MLK Weekend, And A Little First-grader Stood Up, And He Said, 'I Can Explain Segregation,' And Proceeded To Explain All The SCENES From 'Hidden Figures.' And I Died Because That's Everything.

Queuing Tips For FANS: WRAP Up And BRING FOOD!

One Of My Favorite Authors Is Robert Cormier. He Was A Devout Catholic And A Very Nice MAN, Which MIGHT Not Be The Impression You GET From READING His Books.