Ocupation: Novelist
Life: b. 1951
I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.
Topics: Sacrifice, Comfort, Economic
There's definitely a fear of the enormity and the chaos of our world. Though many people are afraid, and we don't know what we're afraid of. We have reached an accommodation with life by finding rules and placing an order on the world and saying this is how it is.
Topics: People, World, Chaos
I think one of the reasons anti-immigration state laws start to happen is they happen in states where there is an enormous influx. In these places, the dominant culture, the Anglo culture has held sway for such a very, very long time. Now, they are living in another culture, another language. They fear losing dominance and control. It is sadly human nature to find a group to scapegoat. This happens throughout man's history.
Topics: Thinking, Long, Culture
