I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.
“I think it's very important to have a sense of balance in covering the war, but you don't have to be morally neutral about terrorism.”
“When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet.”