Guilty As Hell. Free As A Bird.

The Passions And Commitments That Ignited My Activity As A Student Are The Same Passions And Commitments That I Have Today.

Certainly My Parents Were Dr. [benjamin] Spock-driven Parents. So They Were Tolerant.

Teaching Has Always Been, For Me, Linked To Issues Of Social Justice. I've Never Considered It A Neutral Or Passive Profession.

One Of The Things That's Complicated About Writing Anything Is That It's An Act Of Narcissism, And Then Of Course Once It Sails Out Into The World, You Have To Let Go Of It.

Everyone Who Knew [barack] Obama From Being In Hyde Park Knew He Was The Smartest Guy In Any Room He Walked Into; A Decent, Compassionate, Lovely Person; Pragmatic, Middle-of-the-road And Ambitious.