I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround culture the political matrix technology etc. and the internal human consciousness.

There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry allied with the pharmaceutical industry has more power than public-health professionals.

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power that's totally nonsense.

I was totally absorbed in the real world the politics the history the news and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel it was in fits and starts.

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics because I'm a total amateur but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics.

My mother Lillie Specter was an angel and totally uninterested in politics.

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie he's a bummer to have around especially as President.

I've been to war and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying and the consequences are serious.

Poetry is a totally different art than film.

In the total darkness poetry is still there and it is there for you.